Abstract

Current healthcare trends such as greater technological advances, patients with higher acuity, and shorter employment orientation periods have impacted the work environment of newly graduated nurses entering the workforce. Evidence shows that these issues contribute to newly employed nurses leaving the workforce within 1-2 years of entering the profession (Cleary, Horsfall, Jackson, Muthulakshmi & Hunt, 2013; Flinkman & Salantera, 2015; Robert Wood Johnson, 2014; Tuckett, Winters-Chang, Bogossian & Wood, 2015). Current theoretical foundations for nursing education need updating within the context of a dynamic healthcare environment burdened by a nursing shortage that is already struggling to meet the demands of an aging population. These factors, if left as they are will lead to disaster in the coming years if more nurses are not adequately trained and retained to the nursing workforce.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 27725723; ProQuest document ID: 2355993373. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Loretta J. Aller, PhD

Sigma Membership

Delta Xi

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Grounded Theory

Research Approach

Qualitative Research

Keywords:

Nursing Education, Decision-Making, Critical Thinking

Advisor

Pamela Stephenson

Second Advisor

Debra Shelestak

Third Advisor

Barbara Broome

Fourth Advisor

Christopher Was

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

Kent State University

Degree Year

2019

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None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2023-07-19

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