The liberating effects of RN-to-BSN education.
This study investigated whether postlicensure baccalaureate education was associated with decreased acceptance of oppressed status for nursing and the self, with behavioral changes in job performance, and in joining a professional organization. Selected writings of Freire (1970a, 1970b, 1973) concerning education of the oppressed were used to form the conceptual framework. Baccalaureate education was conceptualized as a means of overcoming oppression-related behaviors and attitudes in nurses. The criterion measures were self-reports of job performance, joining the American Nurses Association (ANA), self-concept measurements, and perception of nursing measured by a semantic differential. Except for self-concept, which remained unchanged, all the findings were in the predicted direction supporting the conceptual framework.
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Division of Nursing, College of Education, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT 06117.
D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000592:standards*; D004518:Education, Professional, Retraining / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008873:Mid-Atlantic Region; D009511:New England; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards*; D012649:Self Concept; D012938:Social Perception