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21S'cENTURY TRENDS IN NURSING: AI,IGNING NURSING EDUCATIoN WITH THE FUTURE

A Dissertation

Presented

to the

Faculty

of

the College

of

Education Graduate Prograrn

Salnt Louis University

In Partial

Fulflllment

of

the Reguirements

for

the ^Degree Doctor

of

Philosophy

in

^Education

by ,Jose Reinhard

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^{R.N., M.A.N.}

october 2002

DISSERTATION ABSARACT

1. TII]C: 213T CENIrURY TRE}IDS IN NURSING: AI,IGNING NURSTNG EDUCATTON WTrE fAE lt'TURE

Total No. of ^Pages:

Text No. of ^Pages:

2, Aut.hor, I'OSE REINHARD C. LROINGCO, RN, l4Alt

3. Type of Document': Diceertation 4. Type of Publication: Unpubltshed

5. Host/Accreditlng Institut.ion:

Saint l,ouj.e Univeraity ^(Private)

Bonl"f,acio Stroat, Bagruio City

CHSD-CAR

6. Funding Agencyr Not Applicable

7. Key Words: NURSING, NURSING EDUCATION, 218r CENTURY TRB] DS, NEW MILLENNIUM

8. Abstract:

8.1. $lgnnafy. ^The objective of the study was Lo

determine the extent to which certain 21tt century

trends are incorporated into the present nursirrg

curriculum. ^The descriptive type of regearch was used

with a questionnaire as the data gathering tool. ^The study lnvolved 295 students, faculty ^and

admlnistrators of schools of nursing in ttre ^Baguio-

Benguet area. 'Only students who were enrolled in the Associate in Health Sciense Education ^(AHSE)

curriculum leadlng to the ^degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing were included in the study. ^No

sampling techniques were employed. Statistical

treatment of data included the use of weighted means,

and the F test or ^one-way Analysis of Variance ^(ANOVA) with post hoc comparison using Scheffe's ^method.

8,2, F*pdlnqf.

^{Overall, there} were moderately

extensive-provirions

for

the incorporation

of

the ^21-"1 century Lrends

into

the

curriculum.

Specifically, there were moderately extensive provisions

for

^the

incorporation

of

transcult.ural nursing, ^population

based care,

interdisciplinary

education, research, and

continuing education. There were only adeguate

provislons

for

the incorporation

of

technology,

alternative

therapi-es, genetics and genomics, Ehe

cost-effecti-veness

of

health care and managed care.

There were

significant

differences

in

the perceptions

of

students,

faculty

and administrators regarding Ehe

lncorporation

of

the ^{2L"t century trends.}

Administrators perceived a more extensive

incorporation

of

these trends

lnto

the curriculum, as compared

to

the

faculty

and

students.

Curricular ^gaps

were

identified

^al-ong the areas

of

transcultural nursing, technology,

alternative

therapies, ^genomics,

and the cost-effectiveness

of

health care and managed

care.

Based on the

identified

gqps, neasures to enrich the ^nursing curriculum were formulated.

8.3.

ConFluej.gns. ^Some

of

tlre 21"t century trends were well-lncorporated

into

the

crirriculum.

^The present nursing currlculum ^was only being parLialLy implemented. There were certain weaknesses

in

^the

curriculum, par,ticularly a lack

of

^emphasis on the more recent developments and issues

in

health care and

nursi-ng

education.

The formulated measures

to

enrich

the curriculum are rneant

to better

prepare student nurses

for the

2l"tt century.

8.4.

nrpqnnp,-#*tl,qng. Th$ra

is

a need

to

^update the knowledge and

sktllg of

th{t

fssult}t

along ^{6ott16 at,} the ^21tc century trends by strengthenlng faculty

develOpment through more frequent continulng educaLion

activitle'r.

^Ther:e

is

also a ^neecl

for

closer

rnonitoring

of

the implementatiorr

of

the curriculum.

Ttrere should be ^rnore frequent review ^csf

syllabi-.

^'lhe

proposecl slrat-egi.os

to

enriclt the curri.cul.um should ^be

i*p1u*unted.

^{Further research on the nursing}

curriculum, int

rlving

^{nurslng schoole}

in

other ^regions nayh.tgcon<lucLetj.Amore,lextensj.veevaluatj-onofthe

unli..

nursing currlculurn, ^may also be undertaken.