Attitudes of oncology nurses toward cancer
| dc.contributor.author | Barrie, Elizabeth | |
| dc.contributor.committeeChair | Harmon, Vera | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Adamson, Carolyn | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Langford, Rae | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-11-07T19:58:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-11-07T19:58:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1981-12-31 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to answer the following question : What are the attitudes of oncology nurses toward cancer? A nonexperimental, descriptive design was utilized to determine nurses' attitudes toward cancer; 47 oncology nurses selected by convenience sampling completed an attitude inventory . The attitude inventory administered to the oncology nurses was the Cancer Attitude Inventory developed by Donovan, Hohloch , and coulson . Using descriptive statistics, it was determined that oncology nurses possess favorable attitudes toward cancer. In addition, using Dunn's post hoc simultaneous comparison procedure, data indicated that Master's prepared nurses have a significantly ((£~. 1) 1) more positive attitude toward cancer than do Associate degree nurses . | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11274/8410 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.subject | Nursing | en_US |
| dc.subject | Oncology | en_US |
| dc.subject | Attitudes | en_US |
| dc.title | Attitudes of oncology nurses toward cancer | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| thesis.degree.department | College of Nursing | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Nursing | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Texas Woman's University | |
| thesis.degree.level | Master | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Science |