Abstract

The problem of this study was to develop an evaluation form to measure the differentiation in quality of nursing care given by professional staff nurses. It was hoped that the evaluation form could be used by administrators of nursing service as a basis for giving pay increases based on nursing performance.

A review of nursing literature did not reveal the existence of an evaluation form based on verifiable data of performance upon which an objective evaluation could be made.

The critical incident technique was used to gather the data for the study. The respondents were nursing supervisory personnel employed in ten teaching hospitals. From these respondents 278 critical incidents of effective and ineffective nursing performance were obtained.

There were 292 critical behaviors abstracted from the critical incidents. The critical behaviors were classified into nine areas and thirty-eight sub-areas. The evaluation form was developed from statements of effective and ineffective behaviors for each sub-area. A set of directions for using the evaluation form was developed.

A trial study of the evaluation form was conducted in three hospitals. Some changes were made in the format of the evaluation form as a result of the trial study.

LLU Discipline

Nursing

Department

Nursing

School

Graduate Studies

First Advisor

R. Maureen Maxwell

Second Advisor

Anne P. Martin

Third Advisor

Catherine N. Graf

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

Nursing Staff; Evaluation Studies -- nursing

Type

Thesis

Page Count

vii; 55

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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