STUDENT AND FACULTY PERCEPTIONS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING CONTENT IN A BACCALAUREATE CURRICULUM USING AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH.
Contributors: University of Alabama.
Published: 1986
Number of pages: 105
Subjects: Education, Curriculum and Instruction.; Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: The problem addressed by this study was whether or not community health nursing content is perceived to be adequately covered in an integrated curriculum. The purpose of the study was to ascertain the perceptions of students and faculty and to describe the nature and extent of community health nursing content integrated into a baccalaureate curriculum. A review of recent higher education and nursing literature on the concept of integration and nursing education, and community health nursing content were discussed.

Senior nursing students and undergraduate faculty of a public state university in the southeastern region of the United States constituted the sample. The researcher developed and utilized a content analysis form and a questionnaire to obtain data. The instruments consisted of twenty-nine content areas determined by a review of recent community health nursing references and course materials from the nursing program which comprised the sample population.

The summary statistics of frequency, means, and percentages were applied to the data. Additionally, the chi-square test of significance was utilized to determine the differences between student and faculty responses. The alpha level was set at 0.05.

A summary of the findings revealed that: (1) There was a significant difference between students and faculty about the adequacy of community health nursing content in the baccalaureate program. (2) There were significant differences between student and faculty perceptions about the inclusion and adequacy of coverage in the following categories: origin and basic concepts, sciences related to community health, delivery of health care, and nursing in the community. (3) There were significant differences between student and faculty perceptions about community health content essential for baccalaureate programs. There were differences in the following categories: delivery of health care, and nursing in the community. (4) No statistical correlation could be made between the researcher's and faculty analysis of course materials.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-06, Section: A, page: 2006.

Thesis (ED.D.)--THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, 1986.

School code: 0004.