This research project examined the needs of nurses in Leon County, Florida, the purposes of continuing education courses to nurses, the deterrents to continuing education courses in nursing, and the kinds of institutions/agencies that are best suited to meet different continuing educational needs of nurses. / The data collection techniques utilized in this project featured surveying the nurses in Leon County in order to identify their needs, their purposes for taking continuing education courses, and the deterrents to continuing education, and interviewing a panel of experts in continuing education so that the institutions/agencies best suited to meet specific continuing education needs of nurses could be identified. The findings suggest the general educational needs of nurses were for courses in: (a) nursing process, (b) clinical nursing, (c) concepts basic to nursing, (d) age continuum, (e) special issues, and (f) nursing education. The extent of these needs varied among groups of nurses by: educational preparation, length of licensure, and fields of employment. The primary purpose for nurses taking continuing education courses was for credit toward relicensure. Finances and not enough courses were determined as major deterrents to continuing education. / The panel of experts agreed that the continuing education process should be directed by a coordinating body, and that certain institutions are best suited to meet specific continuing education needs of nurses: the university was identified as having the sole responsibility for teaching courses in special issues, share the responsibility for teaching courses in nursing education and concepts basic to nursing with the community college, and share teaching courses in nursing process and clinical nursing with other employing/professional agencies. The community college should shoulder the responsibility for teaching courses in age continuum. / The results of this study will enhance the continuing education process in Leon County, Florida by allowing for a variety of quality courses to be taught which are sensitive to needs of nurses. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 43-09, Section: B, page: 2855. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1982.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74932 |
| Contributors | HARTLEY, JACQUELYN THOMAS., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 136 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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