Abstract

Public health nurses (PHNs) have the opportunity and professional obligation to be at the forefront of the fight to eliminate health disparities based on the practice principle of social justice. The overall purpose of this descriptive study was to explore the stage of the moral development in a convenience sample of practicing public health nurses (PHNs) and the differences in moral development stage across selected demographic variables (age, gender, race/ethnicity, level of entry into professional nursing, highest level of education, years practicing as an RN, years practicing in a public health department, self-identified political views, primary language, and region of California.)

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3731917; ProQuest document ID: 1728737606. The author still retains copyright.

Margaret Avila

Author Details

Margaret Avila, PhD, PHN, APRN

Sigma Membership

Phi Gamma (Virtual)

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Cross-Sectional

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Moral Development, Social Justice, Public Health Nursing

Advisor

Jane Georges

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

University of San Diego

Degree Year

2015

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2020-05-07

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