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Can We Get Nurses To Stay? A Qualitative Study To Evaluate The Effectiveness Of A Formal Mentoring Program In An Acute Care Health System, Eileen M. Willits

Dissertations

This qualitative phenomenological case study was designed to investigate the affect that a formal mentoring program had on job satisfaction including a nurse's intent to stay with their current employer and their intent to stay in the nursing profession. The research was intended to determine whether mentoring programs could be used to help avoid the affect of the upcoming predicted nursing shortage in the acute care hospital.

The findings were based on the results of a sample of twelve nurses who had voluntarily signed up to take part in a formal mentoring program sponsored by the staff development department of …

A Pilot Study Of Organizational Performance, Performance Barriers And Faculty Engagement In The Nursing Education Unit, Yolanda Chapman Turner

Dissertations

This pilot study was driven by the problem of market disequilibrium and the subsequent overarching desire to identify and describe principles and processes taken by nursing education units to optimize market equilibrium for nursing service in response to cyclical market demands. Given the complexities of market responsiveness in conjunction with changes in healthcare delivery, health economics, population demographics, higher education and other contextual factors, it is essential for nursing education as a whole to be in a position to respond to demand. The purpose of this study was to investigate organizational performance, performance barriers and faculty engagement in the nursing …

The Impact Of Simulation In Nursing Education On The Self-Efficacy And Learner Satisfaction Of Nursing Students, Rosalie E. Tuttle

Faculty Scholarship – Nursing

Nursing education faces the challenge of preparing graduates to face the complexities that are found in today’s health care environment. Upon graduation, new nurses must be able to care for patients in a fast-paced environment that emphasizes clinical competence and accurate, timely decision-making skills. Self-efficacy is a characteristic that is believed to increase an individual’s ability to be successful at a task. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of simulation to impact the development of clinical self-efficacy in junior- and senior-level nursing students at a Midwestern liberal arts university. This study also evaluated student satisfaction with …

Adult Student Satisfaction In An Accelerated Lpn-Rn Nursing Program, Kathy French Batton

Dissertations

This study was designed to examine the importance and degree of satisfaction placed by adult, nontraditional, accelerated LPN-RN students on student service item scales as measured by the results of the Noel-Levitz® Adult Student Priorities Survey™. In addition, the study examined the correlation between satisfaction with each of the scales and student success as measured by current nursing course grade point average (GPA). The student service scales of importance were: academic advising effectiveness, academic services, admissions and financial aid effectiveness, campus climate, instructional effectiveness, registration effectiveness, safety and security, and service excellence. The conceptual framework for the study was derived …

Factors Influencing Nurse Faculty's Job Satisfaction And Intent To Stay, Sally Pulver Ruel

Dissertations

This study of nurse faculty examined the relationship of role conflict, role ambiguity, and work role balance, and their influence on job satisfaction and intent to stay in AACN nursing schools offering baccalaureate and higher degree programs within the United States. In light of the current nursing and nursing faculty shortage, this research was undertaken in an attempt to identify statistically significant predictors of job satisfaction and intent to stay in nursing education.

An online survey was conducted over seven weeks during the fall of 2008 and early spring 2009. A stratified random sample of each of the four regions …

Kuhn, Brenda Interview For The Miami Valley College Of Nursing And Health Oral History Project, Donna M. Curry, Carol Holdcraft, Jamie Gerdemann, Brenda Kuhn

Wright State University - Miami Valley College of Nursing and Health Oral History Project

Donna Miles Curry, Carol Holdcraft, and Jamie Gerdemann interviewed Brenda Kuhn about the Wright State University College of Nursing and Health. In the interview Dr. Kuhn discusses why she became interested in nursing and her education at Wright State University.

Oroszi, Jill Interview For The Miami Valley College Of Nursing And Health Oral History Project, Donna M. Curry, Carol Holdcraft, Tara Rower, Jill Oroszi

Wright State University - Miami Valley College of Nursing and Health Oral History Project

Donna Miles Curry, Carol Holdcraft, and Tara Rower interviewed Jill Oroszi on February 25, 2009 about her perspective on the growth and foundation of the program from the perspective of someone who previously was not directly involved with the profession.

Teall, Alice Interview For The Miami Valley College Of Nursing And Health Oral History Project, Carol Holdcraft, Alice Teall

Wright State University - Miami Valley College of Nursing and Health Oral History Project

Carol Holdcraft interviewed Alice Teall on February 19, 2009 about the founding of the Wright State University College of Nursing and Health. In the interview, Teall discusses her career and her decision to come to Wright State as a student and later faculty member with the College of Nursing and Health.

Robinson, Greta Interview For The Miami Valley College Of Nursing And Health Oral History Project, Carol Holdcraft, Greta Robinson

Wright State University - Miami Valley College of Nursing and Health Oral History Project

Carol Holdcraft interviewed Greta Robinson about the founding of the Wright State University College of Nursing and Health. In the interview, Robinson discusses her career and her decision to come to Wright State as a staff member with the College of Nursing and Health.

Hollen, Linda Interview For The Miami Valley College Of Nursing And Health Oral History Project, Carol Holdcraft, Donna M. Curry, Linda Hollen

Wright State University - Miami Valley College of Nursing and Health Oral History Project

Carol Holdcraft and Donna Miles Curry interviewed Linda Hollen on February 4, 2009 about the founding of the Wright State University College of Nursing and Health. In the interview, Hollen discusses her career and her decision to come to Wright State as a student with the College of Nursing and Health.

Nursing Department Newsletters 2001-2009, Sandra Goodling

Nursing Student Scholarship

Regularly updated newsletters from the Department of Nursing at Messiah College. It especially highlights the Integrative classroom and Clinical-based learning.

Some issues are missing from 2001 to 2009.