Browsing by Subject "Nursing"
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Attitudes of registered nurses in Texas relative to collective negotiation
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)Purpose. The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes of registered nurses in Texas relative to collective negotiations, and the personal and employment characteristics related to those attitudes. Procedure. ... -
Career related motivational characteristics of male nursing students as compared to female nursing students
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)Purpose. The purposes of this study were to: (a) identify a descriptive profile of male and female nursing students to determine the motivational factors in their career selection, and (b) compare motivational factors of ... -
A descriptive study of alcohol and other drug abuse elements in nursing curricula
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1993)Alcohol and other drug (AOD) abuse and impaired practice have been a growing problem in the nursing profession and often began while the person attended nursing school. The majority of programs have covered AOD abuse as ... -
Determining effective nursing teacher behaviors in clinical settings
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1978)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine behaviors characteristic of effective clinical teaching in nursing. It was also the intent to identify areas of convergence and divergence among educators, practitioners ... -
The doctorate : a potential for nursing power
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)The purpose of this study was to (1) identify the demographic characteristics, socioeconomic origins, and educational development patterns of nurses with doctorates, (2) determine if this group is composed of individuals ... -
The effects of sex and prestige variables, as teacher characteristics : on the acquisition of knowledge by undergraduate nursing students
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1976)The purpose of this investigation was to examine the effects of two teacher characteristics, sex and prestige, on the acquisition of knowledge and on the attitudes of students in a baccalaureate nursing program. It has ... -
Graduating nursing students' knowledge of child abuse
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)The problem of this study was to compare the child abuse knowledge of student nurses prior to graduation from various degree levels of nursing schools. Four null hypotheses were tested in this study: (a) student nurses ... -
Identification and analysis of entry level characteristics that predict success on nursing board licensure: study of a selected vocational nursing program in Texas
(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)This study investigated 18 discrete demographic, academic, and experiential learner entry characteristics of graduates from a selected vocational nursing program to determine which characteristics were relevant in predicting ... -
The relationship between problem solving and learning strategy in a registered nursing education program
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1988)Problem solving abilities are fundamental for the practice of nursing, but no assessment of these abilities is available prior to admission to a nursing education program. Recognizing that the cognitive activities in which ... -
The relationship between reading comprehension skill assessment methods and academic success for first semester students in a selected Bachelor of Science in Nursing program in Texas
(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)This retrospective descriptive study addressed the relationship between reading comprehension skills as measured by the Nelson-Denny Reading Test and the Nurse Entrance Test and indices of academic success (i.e., grade ... -
A study of baccalaureate nursing faculty and student selections of actual and ideal student role models in clinical teaching
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)This study was designed to compare baccalaureate student nurses and nursing faculty in terms of their selections of actual and ideal student role models for each of seven behaviors that comprise the professional nursing ...