The professional socialization of graduating students in generic and two-plus-two baccalaureate

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Retrospective Theses and Dissertations
2001
The professional socialization of graduating
students in generic and two-plus-two baccalaureate
completion nursing programs
Connie Lynn Clark
Iowa State University
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The professional socialization of graduating students in generic and two-plus-two
baccalaureate completion nursing programs
by
Connie Lynn Clark
A dissertation submitted to the graduate faculty
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Program of Study Committee:
Daniel C. Robinson (Major Professor)
Larry H. Ebbers
Florence A. Hamrick
Beverly Kruempel
Martin G. Miller
Mack C. Shelly
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa
2001
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES v
ABSTRACT viii
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 1
Background of the Study 1
Statement of the Problem 3
Purpose 6
Significance of the Study 7
Operational Definitions 7
Research Questions 8
Hypotheses 9
Assumptions 11
Limitations 11
Organizational Outline 12
CHAPTER 2. LITERATURE REVIEW 14
Differing Levels of Nursing Education 14
Need for the Baccalaureate-Prepared Nurse 18
Articulation within Nursing Education 19
Professional Socialization in Nursing Education 21
Socialization theory 23
Research in the professional socialization process of nursing students 29
Summary 34
CHAPTER 3. METHOLOGY 36
Research Design 36
Population and Sample 36
Research Instrument 39
Data Collection 44
Data Analysis 47
CHAPTER 4. RESULTS 49
Response Rate 49
Scoring the Instruments 52
Statistical Application 52
Demographics of the Subjects 54
Student classification 54
Gender 55
Nursing Activity Scale 56
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Age 56
Years employed as a RN 57
Basic program of graduating students of two-plus-two baccalaureate 58
completion programs
Area of major nursing experience 59
Research Questions 61
Summary of Hypothesis Testing 76
Summary 77
CHAPTERS. CONCLUSIONS 78
Overview 78
Discussion 80
Conclusions 97
Limitations 100
Recommendations 102
Implications 106
APPENDIX A: HUMAN SUBJECTS APPROVAL 109
APPENDIX B: NURSING ACTIVITY SCALE 110
APPENDIX C: PERMISSION LETTER FROM THE AUTHOR TO USE THE 112
RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE
APPENDIX D: DEMOGRAPHIC DATA QUESTIONNAIRE 113
APPENDIX E: LETTER VERBALIZED TO DEANS REQUESTING 114
PARTICIPATION IN THE STUDY
APPENDIX F: LETTER TO DEANS WITH ACCOMPANYING QUESTIONNAIRE 115
APPENDIX G: COVER LETTER ACCOMPANYING THE QUESTIONNAIRES 116
REFERENCES 117
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 124
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LIST OF TABLES
Comparison of returned questionnaires from generic and two-plus-two 50
completion baccalaureate programs versus programs agreeing to participate
in the study
Comparison of number of questionnaires returned from two-plus-two 51
completion baccalaureate programs and generic baccalaureate programs
versus the number of requested questionnaires from these programs
Frequency, percent, valid percent, and cumulative percent of the 55
two-plus-two baccalaureate completion and generic baccalaureate program
respondents based on classification
Descriptive statistics of the respondents as an entires ample group based 55
on gender
Descriptive statistics of the score on the Nursing Activity Scale (NAS) for 56
the entire sample set based on score
Descriptive statistics of all of the research participants based on age 57
Descriptive statistics of two-plus-two baccalaureate completion graduates 58
based on years employed as a RN
Frequency, percent, valid percent, and cumulative percent of basic nursing 59
program attended by graduating students of two-plus-two baccalaureate
completion programs
Frequency, percent, valid percent, and cumulative percent of area of major 60
nursing experience for graduating students of two-plus-two baccalaureate
completion programs
Mean, standard deviation, and standard error meano f the score on the NAS 61
for graduating students from two-plus-two completion and generic
baccalaureate programs
Levene's test for equality of variances for the score on the NAS 62
T-test for equality of mean score on the NAS 62
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Table 13. T-test for equality of means 62
Table 14. Descriptive statistics for age and NAS score for graduating students from 64
two-plus-two baccalaureate completion and generic baccalaureate programs
Table 15. Correlation of age and score on the NAS for all respondents 64
Table 16. Descriptive statistics for graduating students from two-plus-two 65
baccalaureate completion programs
Table 17. Correlation of age and NAS score for graduating students fromt wo-plus-two 65
baccalaureate completion programs
Table 18. Descriptive statistics for age and score on the NAS for graduating students 65
from generic baccalaureate programs
Table 19. Correlation of age and score on the NAS for graduating students from 66
generic baccalaureate programs
Table 20. Tests of between-subjects effects: age, program, and NAS score 66
Table 21. Tests of between-subjects effects: observed power 67
Table 22. Parameter estimates for the dependent variable: NAS score 67
Table 23. Mean and standard deviation for the NAS score and years employed as 68
a RN for graduating students from two-plus-two baccalaureate completion
programs
Table 24. Correlation of NAS score and years employed as a RN for graduating 68
students from two-plus-two baccalaureate completion programs
Table 25. Coefficients for linear regression: Predicting NAS scores from years of 69
employment for graduating students from two-plus-two baccalaureate
completion programs
Table 26. Mean, standard deviation, and standard error mean for the NAS score for 70
graduating students from two-plus-two baccalaureate completion programs
whose basic program was diploma and graduating students from
two-plus-two baccalaureate completion programs whose basic program was
associate degree