The overall purpose of the study was to determine the association of a group of factors with the performance of selected family planning nurse practitioner job tasks. The objectives of this study were: (1) to identify a comprehensive list of job tasks which are performed by family planning nurse practitioners and to determine the frequency with which these tasks are performed, (2) to determine the associations between frequency of task performance and selected personal factors related to family planning nurse practitioners, (3) to determine the associations between frequency of task performance and selected agency factors, and (4) to determine the associations between frequency of performing clusters of tasks and selected personal and agency related factors. The personal and agency related factors tested were: years of experience in family planning, years of experience as a family planning nurse practitioner, educational level, perceived importance, perceived level of physician acceptance, source of training, hours worked in family planning each week, and job title. / Questionnaires were mailed to 59 family planning nurse practitioners. Fifty-four responses were received and analyzed (93.2%). Chi-square and Spearman Rank Order Correlations were used to test the hypotheses. / Twenty tasks critical to successful job performance were identified. It was concluded that the skills to perform most of the critical tasks are being learned in the family planning nurse practitioner training programs and that these skills are being used in the work setting. / Perceived importance of task performance was found to be associated with frequency of performing certain task clusters. The task clusters were related to history taking, referral, record maintenance, and administrative support tasks. / Educational level was not found to be associated with frequency of task performance. It was concluded that imposition of educational level requirements for family planning nurse practitioners does not assure that the frequency with which tasks are performed on the job will increase. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-10, Section: A, page: 4309. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1981.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74609 |
| Contributors | BOWERS, GEORGE ROBERT., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 194 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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