title: Perioperative nurses' attitudes toward continuing education.
abstract: The primary purpose of this study was to determine perioperative nurses' attitudes toward continuing education (CE) and selected demographic variables. The researcher developed and administered a Likert-type questionnaire to perioperative nurses. The first part of the questionnaire related to demographic variables, length of service at the facility as a registered nurse, and certification status. The second part of the questionnaire was a 30-item attitude scale related to perioperative nurses and CE. The null hypothesis was analyzed using a t-test at a .05 level of significance. Study findings revealed no differences in attitudes toward CE between certified perioperative nurses and noncertified perioperative nurses.
authors.affiliation: Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Small
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002568:Certification; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses / Q000145:classification; D009871:Operating Room Nursing; D014481:United States