Abstract
Baccalaureate nursing programs purport to prepare nurses who have a professional view of nursing and of the nurse and who are capable of making independent nursing decisions, dealing with the uncertainty of many nursing situations, dealing with abstract ideas, and accepting the diversity of beliefs, values, attitudes, life styles, life goals, and decision making patterns employed by persons with whom they interact. The former goal of baccalaureate nursing programs can be referred to as the development of a professional perception about nursing, and the latter goal can be referred to as the development of cognitive structures. While both of these goals are promoted as being central to baccalaureate nursing education, little has been reported to document the measurement of goal-attainment in these areas. This study, therefore, was designed to describe the cognitive development and perceptions about nursing as a profession, the change in each of these variables which occurs over an academic year, and the relationship between these variables for students at all four levels of baccalaureate nursing programs.
Sigma Membership
Alpha Nu, Beta Epsilon
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Cross-Sectional
Research Approach
Quantitative Research
Keywords:
Nursing Students, Nursing as Profession, Nursing Education
Advisor
Marie M. Seedor
Degree
Doctoral-Other
Degree Grantor
Columbia University
Degree Year
1982
Recommended Citation
Valiga, Theresa M., "The cognitive development and perceptions about nursing as a profession of baccalaureate nursing students" (2019). Dissertations. 403.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/403
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2019-03-01
Full Text of Presentation
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Description
This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 8223179; ProQuest document ID: 303063392. The author still retains copyright.