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The Persistence Of The Associate Degree Nursing Student: The Lost Nurse, Stella A. Barber

Theses and Dissertations

There is controversy surrounding the entry-level degree to the profession of nursing. This study had the focus of showing the persistence of the associate degree nursing student as a way of giving evidence to maintaining this pathway as entry to nursing. Narrative inquiry was used to interview 10 students and 3 faculty on the persistence of the nursing student. Callista Roy's Coping Adaptation Processing Scale was taken by 51 students enrolled in the same nursing program. The overarching themes of the student interviews were goals, learning environment, and admission criteria. The overarching theme as a result of the Coping Adaptation …

Development Of Graduate Health Science Students' Clinical Reasoning: A Qualitative Study, Diane Laverty

Theses and Dissertations

Employment in health science professions requires technical skills and the ability to engage in high-level reasoning skills in order to make appropriate recommendations about the care of a patient. Developing clinical reasoning skills, then, is a central component of graduate health science training programs. The purpose of this phenomenological study is to understand how learning is structured in graduate health science courses at a comprehensive state university and how graduate health science students develop clinical reasoning skills. Situated in Vygotsky's social constructivism theory and applying Garrison's CoI framework, the aim was a discussion of themes and patterns that emerged from …

Understanding The Experiences Of Adjunct Nursing Faculty In The Curriculum Development Process: A Qualitative Case Study, Laurie Ann Colborn

Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative case study examines the experiences of adjunct nursing faculty within the curriculum development process at universities granting a bachelor's degree in nursing within the Philadelphia five-county region, and the state of New Jersey. Seven adjunct nursing faculty members participated in this study providing detailed input of their experiences in this process. Five themes were uncovered during analysis including: assembling a critical foundation, value added, incidental collaboration, a seat at the table, and trial by fire. These themes helped to provide a deeper understanding of the opportunities, rewards, and challenges experienced by these adjunct nursing faculty members in the …

A Qualitative Case Study On Delegation Of School Nursing Practice: School Nurses, Teachers, And Paraprofessionals Perspectives, Sharon L. Schofield

Theses and Dissertations

For the past decade, there have been many changes to school nursing with the implementation of unlicensed assistant personnel now known as paraprofessionals. This process has brought about several concerns such as mode of delegation, education, training, ability to monitor health-care needs, and organizational effects that trended downward without direction. This qualitative inquiry gave an interpretative meaning to the process of delegation in school nursing, the factors that hinder the delegation process as well as components that are needed to effectively delegate and utilize support staff (paraprofessionals) without detrimental effects to students. This study interviewed 20 participants.

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