Date of Award
Spring 1992
Document Type
Thesis - Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Nursing
First Advisor
Weis, Darlene
Second Advisor
Krejci, Janet
Third Advisor
Steele, Beverly
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to contrast nursing turnover rates in surgical departments with and without shared governance in an attempt to examine the effect of shared governance on nursing turnover rates. The population studied included ten surgical departments with and ten without shared governance which were identified through networking with members of the Association of Operating Room Nurses from the Midwest Region of the United States. An 80% response rate was obtained. A survey questionnaire was used to collect departmental nurse turnover data and to elicit demographic and organizational information. The nursing turnover rate formula used was based on Price and Mueller (1981). Measures of central tendency, including group means, and t-tests were used to analyze the data. Based on the analysis of the data, no significant difference was found between nursing turnover rates and shared governance in surgery departments (p=<0.05). The educational level of the OR manager was higher in the group with shared governance. There was a significant difference in organizational size between the two groups. The organizations with shared governance were larger than those without shared governance.
Recommended Citation
Woll, Margery B., "The Effect of Shared Governance on Nursing Turnover Rates in Surgery Departments" (1992). Master's Theses (1922-2009) Access restricted to Marquette Campus. 3774.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/theses/3774