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D C Schoen

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PubMed1985

A life table analysis of the labor force participation of U.S. nurses, 1949 to 1980.

Data from seven inventories of registered nurses by the American Nurses' Association and the 1980 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses are analyzed in a life table format to examine changes in nurse labor force participation. The results show a substantial increase in the labor force participation of nurses, as a nurse aged 20 could be expected to spend 28.5 years in the labor force in 1949 and 34.1 years in the labor force in 1980. Much of that rise seems attributable to increasing full-time employment. There is a positive relationship between participation in the nursing labor force and a nurse's highest level of educational preparation, but that relationship is not a simple one. Nurses with a master's or higher degree are very active in the labor force, while diploma nurses are much less likely to be employed. At the same time, nurses with baccalaureate degrees have relatively low rates of labor force participation, but associate degree nurses have rates rivaling the most highly educated.

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Nurses' attitudes toward control over nursing practice.

A random sample of 323 nurses registered in Illinois was used to examine nurses' attitudes toward nurse control over nursing practice. Most supported nurse autonomy, independent practice, and third-party reimbursement, though a fairly sizable minority did not, particularly with regard to independent practice. Regression analyses found that favorable attitudes were associated with a more college-based initial nursing program, a more recent year of initial licensure, a greater attachment to the labor force, and a stronger commitment to a nursing career. Neither family status, current employment situation, nor future career plans had any significant effect.

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Comparing the body-systems and conceptual approaches to nursing education.

This study compared the teaching effectiveness of two approaches to curriculum organization-the body-systems approach (which organizes the nursing curriculum in terms of the different systems of the body) and the conceptual approach (which organizes the nursing curriculum in terms of overarching principles or concepts). It was hypothesized that the conceptual would be more effective than the body-systems approach to nursing education, as measured by National League for Nursing (NLN) achievement tests and state board examinations for nursing licensure. The study, conducted in a small three-year diploma program in San Francisco, compared the Classes of 1970, 1971, and 1972 (N equals 70), which were taught on a body-systems curriculum, with the Class of 1973 (N equals 26), which was taught on a concept-oriented curriculum. No statistically significant differences were found among graduates of the four classes on the basis of either entering I.Q. scores or high school grade point averages. Statistically significant differences were found, however, on later NLN achievement test and state board examination results. Although the Class of 1973 did not perform as well as the classes of the three preceding years, it was not possible to attribute the performance of the Class of 1973 to changes in curriculum. The results of the study, therefore, did not sustain the hypothesis, but were instead inconclusive.

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