CRITICALITY OF NURSING ACTIVITIES: A COMPARISON OF OPINIONS OF REGISTERED NURSES AND NURSING FACULTY.
Contributors: Georgia State University.
Published: 1988
Number of pages: 105
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Education, Vocational.
Description: Purpose. The purpose of this study was to investigate one aspect of the instrument used to validate the examination required for licensure of registered nurses. The study focused on the criticality of activities performed by nursing personnel.

Methods and procedures. The instrument was administered to a national sample of nursing faculty (N = 602), from associate degree programs, diploma programs and baccalaureate programs. The data were compared with responses of entry level nurses in the original study.

Data were analyzed according to the Statistical Package for Social Services (SPSS). Tests performed to examine the hypotheses were t-tests for independent means. In addition, the means and standard deviation were described for the study population. A one-way analysis of variance was performed with the demographic data. Other statistical manipulations were performed to assess the reliability and validity of the instrument.

Results. Items from the questionnaire were divided into the five subscales of the nursing process--assessing, analyzing, planning, implementing and evaluating. Responses from entry level nurses were compared with responses from nursing faculty. Responses indicated that there were no significant differences in the analyzing and evaluating subscales.

Conclusions. Conclusions pointed to a weakness in the instrument. Tests for reliability and validity yielded questionable results and cast doubt on the instrument used to validate the licensure examination for registered nurses.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 50-02, Section: B, page: 0498.

Thesis (PH.D.)--GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY, 1988.

School code: 0079.