Date of Award
8-1977
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts: Health Care Administration
First Advisor
Jerome Seliger
Second Advisor
Denis Cowan
Abstract
Nursing technicians in the psychiatric department of a government health care system were selected for an empirical study focusing on their unplanned leave usage. My on-the-job experience as a nursing supervisor was one of the main motivations for the study.
Since the presence of nursing technicians is of vital importance to the success of psychiatric treatment modalities in a hospital setting, it is obvious that a high rate of unscheduled absences causes disruption and diminution of the therapeutic process.
The assessment measurements employed for predicting the subjects' unplanned leave usage consisted of a questionnaire including eighteen written descriptive statements eliciting from the respondents their attitudes toward, and perceptions of, attendance, job satisfaction, supervision, and salary. A personal data sheet supplied information regarding a number of .selected demographic factors. Questionnaire and personal data sheet were distributed among the 74 nursing technicians in the facility.
Recommended Citation
Simpson, Karin Jean, "Unplanned Absenteeism: An Administrative Problem in a Health Care Organization" (1977). Theses. 1635.
https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/theses/1635
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