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Day Care Center Directors' Perceptions of the Nurse Consultant's Role
Author(s) -
Crowley Angela A.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of school health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.851
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1746-1561
pISSN - 0022-4391
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1990.tb04770.x
Subject(s) - nursing , perception , center (category theory) , scope (computer science) , scope of practice , health care , psychology , nurse practitioners , medicine , political science , chemistry , neuroscience , computer science , programming language , crystallography , law
Forty‐nine day care center directors were surveyed to examine their perceptions of the nurse consultant's role. Findings revealed the directors were positive but indiscriminate about the scope of nursing practice. Many respondents were unable to identify the nurse consultant's educational background or specialization. Without an accurate understanding of nurses' abilities, day care centers may not use the full range of health services that nurses offer .