Abstract

Educating staff nurses is pivotal in the evolving healthcare environment. Two staff development models used in the healthcare setting are unit-based and centralized. Unit-based education is a staff development model that places educators on individual units. These educators direct the educational development of staff nurses on their assigned units. Centralized education meets generalized learning needs and provides nursing departments with scheduled education sessions or impromptu meetings regarding changes to policies and procedures. In addition, centralized educators are assigned to address the learning needs of the nurses on several units with universal orientation (Cummings & McCaskey, 1992), coordinate and implement intravenous and blood transfusion therapy courses, physical assessment courses, professional update programs, and universal workshops and conferences (Cummings & McCaskey, 1992). In contrast, unit-based educators are more familiar with the unit's practices and staff nurses while providing more individualized staff education than the centralized model. This research was conducted to explore the association between the type of staff development model and staff nurses' evaluations of their clinical educators, their anxiety, and their clinical reasoning.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 30423871; ProQuest document ID: 2815177181. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Marilyn J. Campbell, EdD

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Unknown

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Cross-Sectional

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Unit-Based Education, Adult Learning Theory, Clinical Educators

Advisor

Kathleen O'Connell

Degree

Doctoral-Other

Degree Grantor

Teachers College, Columbia University

Degree Year

2023

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None: Degree-based Submission

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Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2024-08-20

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