Journal article
Native American high school students' perceptions of nursing
The Journal of nursing education, Vol.46(6), pp.282-286
06/2007
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/112621
PMID: 17580741
Abstract
A pilot study was conducted to determine changes in Native American high school students' knowledge and opinions about nursing after attending a 6-day residential summer nursing institute. To date, Native American high school students, particularly those interested in nursing, have not been well researched. Seventeen high school students affiliated with nine Northwest tribes participated in this study. A 66-item, investigator-constructed, pretest-posttest survey included 38 scaled (4-point Likert type) and 20 dichotomous items. Reliability estimates (Cronbach's alpha) were 0.72 and 0.85 for the pretest and posttest, respectively. This pilot study showed an increase in students' knowledge and opinions of professionalism, autonomy, and role importance in nursing after attending the summer nursing institute. A salient and culturally related reason for choosing nursing was to be important to one's tribe. Although the sample was small, the findings provide initial evidence supporting the effectiveness of a nursing education intervention with Native American high school students and an instrument that can measure its success.
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- Title
- Native American high school students' perceptions of nursing
- Creators
- Janet R Katz - Washington State University, Intercollegiate College of Nursing, Spokane, Washington 99224, USA. jkatz@wsu.edu
- Publication Details
- The Journal of nursing education, Vol.46(6), pp.282-286
- Academic Unit
- Nursing, College of
- Publisher
- United States
- Identifiers
- 99900547402201842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article