AN INVESTIGATION OF THE BELIEFS OF REGISTERED NURSES TOWARDS SERVICE IN THE ARMY NURSE CORPS, RESERVES (MILITARY, RECRUITMENT, ATTITUDE).
Contributors: University of Toledo.
Published: 1986
Number of pages: 159
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: An investigation was undertaken to examine the beliefs of registered nurses in the state of Ohio towards service in the Army Nurse Corps, Reserve. Martin Fishbein's behavior-intention model, a major theoretical model designed to predict and explain behavior, was used as the conceptual framework for the investigation. Data were collected from 334 registered nurses, both civilian and army reserve, in the state of Ohio. Statistical analyses included chi-square analysis of sample demographics, Student t-tests, Pearson correlations, multiple regression and stepwise multiple regression analysis, discriminant analysis, and reliability analysis.

Student t-tests, with the Bonferroni correction, revealed significant differences (p < .05) between the behavioral and normative beliefs of civilian and army reserve nurses regarding serving as a nurse in the army reserve. Pearson correlations support the validity of the attitudinal and normative components of the Fishbein model. Multiple regression analysis of the primary model components revealed that attitude and subjective norm accounted for 52% of the variance in the criterion variable. Stepwise multiple regression analysis showed that the belief and evaluation variables accounted for 65% of the variance regarding serving as a nurse in the army reserve. The finding were further validated by a discriminant analysis which showed that 94% of the cases were correctly classified by the belief variables.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-11, Section: B, page: 4468.

Thesis (PH.D.)--THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO, 1986.

School code: 0232.