The Relationships Between The Formal Continuing Education of Registered Nurses, Their Personal Career Commitment, and The Professionalization of Nursing

The historical development of nursing as a predominately female occupation serves as a backdrop for present efforts to achieve full professional recognition for the field. Attention is being focused on gaining legal and institutional support for raising the level of the educational credentials possessed by nurses and for broadening the scope of nursing practice. To respond to the rapid pace of change in the area of health care delivery and to raise the professional standards of currently practicing nurses, great emphasis has been placed upon continuing education. To investigate relationships between continuing education of nurses, their personal career commitment and the professionalization of nursing, the present study tested the following hypotheses: (1) that nurses with a high level of career commitment are more professional in their behavior and attitude; (2) that nurses with a high level of career commitment are more likely to have a more favorable attitude toward and greater participation in continuing education; (3) that more professionally oriented nurses are likely to have a more favorable attitude toward and greater participation in continuing education.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Schoen, Delores Christina Harmon

• Education, Health

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8026588

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/65967