The purpose of this national descriptive survey was to ascertain graduate faculty and masters level nurse practitioner (NP) opinions regarding: the present and future need to address relevant practice concerns and political education content within the formal curriculum; the appropriate curricular methods for including such material; and the relation between professional nursing ethics and NP attitudes toward political involvement. The conceptual framework was drawn from Easton's (1965) flow model of the political system, depicting a continuous and dynamic interaction between the political system and society. / A data collection instrument was developed from sources in the literature. It consisted of demographic questions, current practice issue and political education topics, and a revised version of the Professional Ethics and Political Attitudes Questionnaire (Forrest, 1979). The instrument was validated by a panel of experts and field tested for reliability. / Thirty-seven geographically stratified nationally accredited masters programs consented to distribute the survey instrument to three faculty members and three graduates of each program. To compensate for incorrect addresses among the graduates, 10 additional masters prepared NPs were selected from a 1982 regional NP list. The final sample was composed of 232 potential subjects who returned 187 usable questionnaires for an adjusted return rate of 84.2%. / Data analysis revealed that NPs tended to indicate practice issues and political education topics were not addressed in the programs they attended as students more frequently than faculty indicated they do not address the material. However, there was agreement among respondents that there is strong future need for such content and the favored curricular method for addressing the majority of it was a specific course, e.g., Current Issues. / Responses to a series of statements designed to measure political attitudes revealed that faculty and NPs expressed similarly high levels of political advocacy. There was agreement that professional ethics imply an obligation for responsible political involvement and strong agreement that NPs have the educational background to lobby for their professional concerns. / Study findings have implications for future curriculum development. Recommendations were made for further research. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 44-02, Section: A, page: 0404. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1983.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75036 |
| Contributors | PENNY, JEAN TREDINICK., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 188 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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