Abstract

This study was conducted to find out if Paradise Valley School of Nursing is meeting certain specified objectives and to gather information which could help in future curriculum planning to better meet the needs of the students.

The normative-survey was the method used to gather data from graduates of the 1950-1957 classes. This group comprised those graduating from the three-year diploma program. A questionnaire was mailed to 149 graduates of which 124 responded.

The study shows that:

The graduates are residing in 22 states and 4 foreign countries.

Sixty-six per cent are married with over half being married within 3 years following graduation.

Ninety-two per cent of the respondents are members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and 72 per cent of the spouses are members of the same church.

Eighty-one per cent are actively engaged in nursing with over half of the group holding first level positions.

Over three-fourths of the respondents said they had worked a total of approximately 230 years in Seventh-day Adventist medical agencies.

Ten per cent had obtained an academic degree, one respondent had completed her classwork for the Master's degree.

Over 50 per cent reported participation in church work. Two-thirds had given spiritual assistance to patients.

Less than 50 per cent said they would accept assignments as missionary nurses.

One-third reported doing community health work.

The majority of the respondents felt that they had received adequate preparation to practice nursing in a safe and skillful manner.

Several deficiencies were reported by a large number of the respondents. Deficiencies most frequently mentioned were; lack of basic scientific knowledge; inadequate preparation for family life and marriage problems; inadequate instruction in how to get along with people and how to obtain a position.

Most graduates were of the opinion that the school of nursing experience contributed in one way or another to positive behavioral changes. Graduates felt they could have been further helped in the following ways: understanding of emotional needs of people; doing health teaching; meeting emergencies within the family.

The majority of respondents chose Paradise Valley School of Nursing as the school to attend because it did not require pre-nursing.

The majority of graduates seemed satisfied with their nursing education.

LLU Discipline

Nursing

Department

Nursing

School

Graduate Studies

First Advisor

Catherine Graf

Second Advisor

R. Maureen Maxwell

Third Advisor

Harriet O. Smith

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Degree Level

M.S.

Year Degree Awarded

1959

Date (Title Page)

6-1959

Language

English

Library of Congress/MESH Subject Headings

Paradise Valley Sanitarium and Hospital. School of Nursing; Nurses

Type

Thesis

Page Count

xiii; 99

Digital Format

PDF

Digital Publisher

Loma Linda University Libraries

Usage Rights

This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Collection

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Collection Website

http://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/

Repository

Loma Linda University. Del E. Webb Memorial Library. University Archives

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