Perception of power and powerlessness in flight nurse administrators / by Mary Jo Nimmo.
| Author/creator | Nimmo, Mary Jo author. |
| Other author | Lawler, Therese G., degree supervisor. |
| Other author | East Carolina University. School of Nursing. |
| Format | Theses and dissertations |
| Production | 1991. |
| Description | 48 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Access via ScholarShip |
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| Series | ECU School of Nursing thesis ECU School of Nursing thesis. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Summary | The purpose of this study is to explore the orientation of power and perception of powerlessness in flight nurse administrators. With increasing financial and administrative responsibilities, the officious use of power is seen as a key to success of a flight nurse administrator. Two hundred eleven flight nurse administrators were mailed two questionnaires and a demographic data sheet with The Power Orientation Scale (POS) is aa 61% response rate. 40 item questionnaire designed to measure six dimensions of power: power as good; power as resource dependency; power as political; power as charisma and power as control and autonomy. The Health Care Work Powerlessness Scale is a 14 item forced response questionnaire to measure the perception of powerlessness. In the Power Orientation Scale flight nurse administrators scored greater than midpoint on five orientations. Power as a resource dependency was the only score that was lower. The flight nurse administrators scored notably low on the Health Care Work Powerlessness Scale with a mean score of 1.90. There were two variables statistically significant at the p>.05 level. Those with flight nurse administrators with greater than 20 years nursing experience showed a greater orientation to power as resource dependency than those with less years of nursing experience. Secondly, those who stated they were not currently satisfied with employment scored statistically higher on the powerlessness scale. The results of this study show an overall positive orientation to power and a negative perception of powerlessness of flight nurse administrators. |
| General note | Submitted to the faculty of the School of Nursing. |
| General note | Advisor: Therese Lawler |
| Dissertation note | M.S. East Carolina University 1991 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 34-36). |
| Genre/form | Academic theses. |
| Genre/form | Academic theses. |
| Genre/form | Thèses et écrits académiques. |