Follow-Up Study of 1994 Nursing Graduates. Volume XXIV, Number 6.

Autor/inn/en	Lucas, John A.; Dincher, Judy
Institution	William Rainey Harper Coll., Palatine, IL. Office of Planning and Research.
Titel	Follow-Up Study of 1994 Nursing Graduates. Volume XXIV, Number 6.
Quelle	(1995), (44 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	College Graduates; Community Colleges; Comparative Analysis; Followup Studies; Graduate Surveys; Job Satisfaction; Nurses; Nursing Education; Outcomes of Education; Participant Satisfaction; Program Effectiveness; Questionnaires; Salaries; Student Educational Objectives; Two Year Colleges; Vocational Followup + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Community college; Community College; Follow-up studies; Kontaktstudium; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Pflegepädagogik; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Fragebogen; Entlohnung; Gehalt
Abstract	As part of an evaluation of the effectiveness of its nursing program, William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) in Illinois conducted a follow-up study of program graduates from 1994. One year after their graduation, questionnaires were sent to all 114 graduates from 1994, soliciting information on their employment status, future educational plans, and evaluation of their experience at WRHC. In addition, a second survey was sent to the employers of 50 consenting graduates to determine their perceptions of graduates. Study findings, based on responses from 70 graduates and 16 employers, included the following: (1) 66.7% of the graduates were employed full-time, 30% were employed part-time, and 3% had chosen to be homemakers; (2) the mean annual full-time salary of graduates was $31,654, up 2.2% from 1992; (3) 49% of the graduates employed were supervising others, compared to only 33% of 1992 graduates; (4) while only 7.2% were enrolled in a college degree program, 65% indicated that they planned to enroll in the next year or two; (5) with respect to the education they received in the program, 56% were very satisfied and 97% were at least satisfied; and (6) while employers rated graduates as better than adequate on 44 functions included in the survey, they were rated highest on communication skills and ethics and lowest on critical thinking and research. The survey instrument is appended. (BCY)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC