Abstract

Statement of the Problem: the purpose of this study was to find out the current faculty-student ratio in the medical-surgical area in collegiate school of nursing which were fully accredited by the National League for Nursing and the number of students with which instructors felt comfortable in their clinical instructions.

Method: the descriptive survey method with a questionnaire was used to collect data from the study. Eighty-six instructors returned the questionnaire.

Summary of Findings: most instructors were responsible for teaching more than one class level of students and were teaching in a hospital without segregated service. Forty-eight received no assistance from nursing service personnel in their teaching.

The average number of hours spent weekly in class and laboratory was twenty-six hours. The majority of instructors reported that this time was consistent throughout the years.

Some of the instructors gave assistance to other instructors and the average amount of time given weekly was six hours. Thirty instructors reported that they received assistance from other instructors.

The maximum average number of students for classroom instruction was twenty-five; the minimum was fifteen students. The maximum average number of students for laboratory instruction was eight; the minimum average was five students. Seventy-nine of the instructors said they were comfortable with the size group assigned to them in the classroom. Seventy per cent stated they felt comfortable with the group assigned to the laboratory and did not wish for a change in the size of the groups assigned to them.

LLU Discipline

Nursing

Department

Nursing

School

Graduate Studies

First Advisor

M. Anabelle Mills

Second Advisor

Dorothy M. Martin

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

Education, Nursing

Type

Thesis

Page Count

ix; 61

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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