Abstract

In an effort to ensure creativity and critical thinking are woven into the nursing curriculum and taught on a professional level, a healthy work environment, void of burnout and feelings of disempowerment, must be present to support faculty and inspire creative thinking and learning. Associate degree faculty who were members of the National Association of Associate Degree Nurses were studied during an exploration of a presumed association between creativity and the perceived feelings of burnout and disempowerment experienced in the work environment. This descriptive, quantitative research surveyed faculty aged 20-51+ years. The majority of participants held a master's degree and considered themselves instructors or professors in their institution. Utilizing SPSS, a significant relationship (personal burnout p = .004; work burnout p = .003; student burnout p = .000) was found between burnout and the creativity of associate degree faculty. There was no relationship (p = .109) between disempowerment and creativity. Creativity is the element in nursing curriculums that allow nurse educators the flexibility to incorporate various learning activities to meet individual learning needs. When the nurse educator lacks the ability to be a critical, creative, and reflective thinker, neglect of the nursing student's skills ensues.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 10099595; ProQuest document ID: 1783119346. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Bridget M. Drafahl, PhD, RN

Sigma Membership

Unknown

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Other

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Nurse Educators, Creativity, Nursing Curriculum

Advisor

Valerie Coxon

Second Advisor

Cynthia Howell

Third Advisor

Wendy Thomson

Fourth Advisor

Judith Akin Palmer

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

Capella University

Degree Year

2016

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None: Degree-based Submission

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Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2018-05-11

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