This study explored the role of the Director of Nursing in South Australia in the closing years of the twentieth century. The aim of the study was to develop a substantive theory that explained the role of the Director of Nursing in this state.The study sought to identify factors (problems or opportunities) which have inhibited, or progressed the Director of Nursing role in an environment underpinned by an ideology of economic rationalism. / Thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 1999

This study explored the role of the Director of Nursing in South Australia in the closing years of the twentieth century. The aim of the study was to develop a substantive theory that explained the role of the Director of Nursing in this state.The study sought to identify factors (problems or opportunities) which have inhibited, or progressed the Director of Nursing role in an environment underpinned by an ideology of economic rationalism.

The primary purpose of the study was to determine relationships between the variables of institution size, age, experience and education of nursing service administrators and self-perceived leadership behaviors of Initiating Structure and Consideration. A secondary purpose was to collect current demographic data of nurse administrators.The population of the study was 290 nurse administrators from all public and private JCAH hospitals of 300 or more beds located in the north-central division of the United States.A questionnaire requesting demographic information and containing two subscales, Initiating Structure and Consideration, of the LBDQ-Form XII was mailed to the nursediiri-nis trators . One hundred eighty-eight questionnaires were returned for a response rate of 65 percent. Analysis of data utilized both descriptive and inferential statistics.The demographic profile depicts the nurse administrator as a 40 to 49 year old married female vice-president of nursing, reporting to the hospital president, earning over $60,000 a year and having had experience as a staff nurse, head nurse, supervisor, assistant or associate director of nursing.The administrator graduated from a diploma program, received a master's degree, belongs to professional organizations, participates in priority setting and planning of the overall hospital budget, has major responsibility for establishing and managing the nursing service budget, works in a decentralized nursing service with responsibility for all nursing departments, and practices in a hospital with a computerized management information system.Statistical analysis of the hypotheses revealed no significant relationships between institution size, age, education and experience of the nurse administrators and leadership behaviors of Initiating Structure and Consideration.Additional analysis of data revealed significant (.05) relationships between the leadership behavior of Initiating Structure and: (1) title of the nurse administrator, and (2) accountability for all nursing departments decentralized system. Also significant (.05) were the relationships between the leadership behavior of Consideration and: (1) membership in the NLN, (2) participation in overall hospital budget planning and priority setting, and (3) the presence of computerized scheduling and computerized patient care.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Toronto, 2004. / Adviser: Linda Muzzin.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1972. / Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Eleanor C. Lambertsen. Dissertation Committee: Sloan R. Wayland. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 387-391).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Pennsylvania State University, 1972. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis(M.Com) -- University of the Western Cape, 2008. / Includes bibliographic references (leaves 79-94).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Pennsylvania State University, 1972. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (D.A.)--Illinois State University, 1990. / Title from title page screen, viewed November 1, 2005. Dissertation Committee: Ira Cohen (chair), Lawrence W. McBride, M. Paul Holsinger, David C. Eaton, Leslie M. Thom. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 198-217) and abstract. Also available in print.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1992.