EVALUATION OF THE EXPANDED ROLE OF THE LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE.
Contributors: University of South Dakota.
Published: 1987
Number of pages: 108
Subjects: Education, Adult and Continuing.
Description: The purpose of the study was to investigate and evaluate factors that were considered to be important in teaching the expanded role of the Licensed Practical Nurse through the use of module type training curricula. The curriculum design function and its evaluation was the focus of this study. The study addressed six specific criteria in the curriculum design process and four ancillary curriculum areas.

The study used three rounds in a Delphi process to evaluate modules that could be used to teach the expanded role to Licensed Practical Nurses.

The subjects used in the study consisted of seven panel experts involved in both planning and instruction in the health care field. The panel members were selected from four areas of expertise. The response rate in all three rounds was 100 percent.

Each criteria item on the questionnaire was responded to by the panel members and compiled for each round. The 6 point scale included: (1) Strongly Agree; (2) Agree; (3) Mildly Agree; (4) Mildly Disagree; (5) Disagree; and (6) Strongly Disagree for all items. The expert panel responses were summarized and depicted in figures showing the mode and ranges.

In the design of the evaluation the evaluative criteria used to assess the modules were directed specifically toward curriculum design and ancillary elements. Overall there was general agreement that the modules reflected the 10 criteria areas listed on the instrument. Consensus was sought on the ten items through three rounds of the study, with a modal value determined for each round.

Overall the strongly agree dimension of the evaluation of the curriculum modules were in the design aspects of the modules with the evaluation showing less agreement on those items dealing with the ancillary areas of the modules.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-12, Section: A, page: 3032.

Thesis (ED.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA, 1987.

School code: 0203.