PERCEPTIONS OF NURSING DEANS CONCERNING CURRENT AND FUTURE MICROCOMPUTER LITERACY IN THEIR BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PROGRAMS.
Contributors: Northern Illinois University.
Published: 1986
Number of pages: 204
Subjects: Education, Higher.; Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: This study investigated the perceptions of nursing deans concerning the level of microcomputer literacy currently expected of students in baccalaureate nursing programs. The deans identified in this study represent baccalaureate nursing programs accredited by the National League of Nursing (NLN). This study also identified deans' plans for future implementation of microcomputer knowledge and skills for their baccalaureate nursing programs.

A questionnaire was mailed to all 398 listed deans of NLN accredited baccalaureate nursing programs throughout the United States. Of those distributed, 295 (74.1% return rate) were completed, returned, and identified as usable questionnaires. Part I of the questionnaire consisted of 10 items requesting demographic data. Part II of the questionnaire requested participants to indicate the level of microcomputer knowledge and skills currently expected of their students and the level of future implementation of microcomputer instruction being planned for their nursing programs.

Frequencies, percentages and medians were tabulated. The chi square goodness of fit , Spearman rho, and Mann-Whitney U test were used to test hypotheses. Conclusions based on the findings of the study were as follows: (1) deans of baccalaureate nursing programs currently expected low levels of microcomputer knowledge and skills for students; (2) they are planning more implementation of microcomputer knowledge and skills for the future; (3) the proportion of nursing faculty with microcomputer skills was significantly related to the level of microcomputer knowledge and skills currently expected and the plans for future implementation of microcomputer instruction; (4) the number of microcomputers available was significantly related to the level of microcompter knowledge and skills currently expected and the plans for future implementation of microcomputer instruction; (5) the number of software packages available was significantly related to the level of microcomputer knowledge and skills currently expected; (6) the presence of a faculty member responsible for coordinating microcomputer instruction was significantly related to the level of microcomputer knowledge and skills currently expected.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-06, Section: A, page: 2052.

Thesis (ED.D.)--NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, 1986.

School code: 0162.