Abstract
Nursing education is at a crossroad today. Stressors in nursing programs include expanding enrollments to meet growing workforce demands for more registered nurses, demanding workloads with low average nursing faculty salaries compared to practice peers, and growing numbers of faculty retirements. The purpose of this study was to identify the cultural characteristics of a nursing education center of excellence. The primary research question was: What important factors constitute the culture of a nursing program previously determined to be a high-performing environment? Using naturalistic inquiry methods, one nursing program case study designated as National League for Nursing (NLN) Centers of Excellence in Nursing Education™ was examined through an extended immersion experience. Following voluntary informed consent, data collection occurred over several months through prolonged immersion including six study visits, multiple observations, formal/informal interviews, and artifact/document collection and review.
Sigma Membership
Delta, Phi Pi
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Other
Research Approach
Qualitative Research
Keywords:
Nurse Education, Educational Culture, Nurse Program Evaluation
Advisor
Leonie Pallikkathayil
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
University of Kansas
Degree Year
2011
Recommended Citation
Leiker, Tona L., "Cultural characteristics of a nursing education center of excellence: A naturalistic inquiry case study" (2019). Dissertations. 1321.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/1321
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2019-04-02
Full Text of Presentation
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Description
This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3457559; ProQuest document ID: 873785926. The author still retains copyright.