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Perioperative Nurses' Attitudes Toward Continuing Education
Author(s) -
Small Becky
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)63718-6
Subject(s) - perioperative nursing , perioperative , certification , likert scale , continuing education , medicine , test (biology) , nursing , family medicine , psychology , anesthesia , medical education , developmental psychology , paleontology , political science , law , biology
The primary purpose of this study was to determine perioperative nurses' attitudes toward continuing education (CE) and selected demographic variables. The researcher developed and administered a Likert‐type questionnaire to perioperative nurses. The first part of the questionnaire related to demographic variables, length of service at the facility as a registered nurse, and certification status. The second part of the questionnaire was a 30‐item attitude scale related to perioperative nurses and CE. The null hypothesis was analyzed using a t ‐test at a .05 level of significance. Study findings revealed no differences in attitudes toward CE between certified perioperative nurses and noncertified perioperative nurses. AORN J 61 (May 1995) 852–857.