ATTITUDES OF FACULTY IN TWO, THREE, AND FOUR YEAR NURSING PROGRAMS IN THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA TOWARD THE AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION'S ENTRY INTO PRACTICE STATEMENT.
Contributors: University of South Dakota.
Published: 1985
Number of pages: 111
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: The Purpose and Procedures of the Study. The purpose of the study was to survey and compare the attitudes of faculty in two, three, and four year nursing programs in the state of South Dakota toward the American Nurses Association's entry into practice statement. Data were obtained through a questionnaire designed by the researcher and distributed to all Registered Nurse (RN) faculty in South Dakota. A total of 106 questionnaires were returned for a response rate of 82 percent.

The data were compiled and analyzed using frequencies, means, and percentages. Differences between the responses of sub-groups of the population were compared using the Scheffe test.

Findings. Analysis of the data led to the following findings: (1) Faculty strongly agreed it was important that the titles assigned to the different levels of nursing be consistent nationwide and nurses already licensed be protected by a grandfather clause. (2) Faculty were strongly against nursing education remaining as it is and were opposed to outside groups influencing decisions for nurses. (3) A majority of faculty opposed the bachelor's degree as the only level of nursing. (4) A majority of baccalaureate faculty agreed that the RN title be used exclusively for baccalaureate graduates but a majority of Associate Degree (AD) faculty disagreed. (5) Faculty were opposed to the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) title for the associate degree graduate and were undecided on the title of Registered Technical Nurse (RTN). (6) Faculty from all types of basic nursing preparation tended toward agreement with the professional-technical split in nursing. (7) Faculty with a master's degree in nursing opposed the RN title for AD graduates and strongly supported the baccalaureate as level of entry. Faculty with a master's degree in another field were undecided on the RN title for AD graduates and weakly supported the baccalaureate as level of entry. (8) As faculty age increased they were less certain of their own clinical skills. Faculty under forty years of age acknowledged differences among the competencies of the three RN graduates but faculty over forty were undecided. (9) Non American Nurses Association members were more critical of the clinical skills of new graduates than ANA members.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-02, Section: B, page: 0570.

Thesis (ED.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA, 1985.

School code: 0203.