GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING CONTENT RECOMMENDED FOR A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN NURSING (FACULTY, PRACTICE, BSN GRADUATES, TEACHING).
Contributors: Kansas State University.
Published: 1984
Number of pages: 120
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: The purpose of this study was to survey opinions of baccalaureate nursing program (BSN) faculty and practicing BSN graduates, about the importance, amount, and type of gerontological nursing (GN) content for future BSN curricula. Four groups were compared: BSN faculty teaching in private schools and those in public schools, and practicing BSN graduates in private health care delivery settings and those in public settings. Nineteen institutions in the greater Kansas City area served as data collection sites.

A questionnaire developed by the researcher was the instrument used for this study. This instrument was divided into four sections: (1) general opinion items about GN content, (2) biophysical content opinion items, (3) psychosocial content opinion items, and (4) demographic data. Opinion items were grouped as six response variables to be analyzed. The study was designed to determine significant differences in the opinions of the four groups concerning gerontological nursing and related biophysical and psychosocial content recommended. Analysis of variance and least squares means were employed to analyze the data.

There was no significant difference in the general opinions about GN, between the faculty pair and the graduate pair. There was also no significant difference in these same opinions, between the two groups of faculty or between the two groups of graduates. There was a significant difference in opinion between the faculty and the graduates regarding biophysical and psychosocial content recommended.

All groups agreed that gerontological nursing should be included in future BSN curricula. All groups supported inclusion of biophysical and psychosocial components in the GN content. On the average, BSN graduate respondents were younger than BSN faculty respondents. They also reported more years practicing than faculty did years teaching.

Based on the findings of this study, recommendations to augment nurses' knowledge about health care of the elderly were made. Recommendations for future research were also proposed.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-01, Section: B, page: 0116.

Thesis (PH.D.)--KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, 1984.

School code: 0100.