RCN faculty value excellence in our undergraduate program and your feedback is essential in assessing our program.
Ensuring that our high quality reflects well on you as a graduate, we request your time and thoughtful answers to the
following questions. Your responses make a difference to us.
Part 1: Nursing Career Activities: Please check the answers to the following items about your nursing career activities. Check all that apply.
1. Year of Graduation
2. Employment in Nursing. Select one.
3. Primary Type of Nursing Role
4. Place of Employment
Professional/Demographic Information
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2006 n m l k j
Fulltime n
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Parttime n
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None (go to question 5) n
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Staff g f e d c
Team Leader/Charge Nurse g
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Manager/Head Nurse g
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Advanced Practice Role g
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Other (please specify)
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Hospital/Medical Center g
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School g
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Home Health g
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Clinic g f e d c
Doctor's Office g
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Managed Care Company g
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Other (please specify)
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5. Area of Nursing Practice
6. Career Path
Critical Care (ICU, ED) g
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Medical/Surgical g
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Pediatrics g
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Obstetrics g
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Psychiatric/Mental Health g
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Community Nursing g
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Operating Room g
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Other (please specify)
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Plan to enroll in Master's in Nursing program g
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Currently enrolled in a Master's in Nursing program g
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Completed a Master's in Nursing program g
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Plan to enroll in a certificate program g
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Completed a certificate program g
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Enrolled in or completed a Master's degree in another fieled (not nursing) g
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Plan to or are enrolled in a PhD program in Nursing g
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Completed PhD program in Nursing g
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Plan to or are enrolled in a PhD program other than nursing g
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Completed PhD program not in nursing g
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Plan to or are enrolled in a DNP program g
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Completed DNP program g
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Other (please specify) g
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7. Life long learning activities (how you continue to learn)
8. Professional Organizations
9. Involvement in service actitivies
10. If yes, how many hours of service per month do you provide?
11. Optional: What is your age?
Hours of Service per month college classes g
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nursing journals g
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research participation g
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local continuing education programs g
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national nursing conferences g
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local or regional nursing conferences g
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Other (please specify)
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American Nurses Association g
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State Nurses Association g
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Sigma Theta Tau International g
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Specialty Nursing Organizations (AORN, ACCN, etc.) g
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Other (please specify)
g
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Yes n m l k j
No n m l k j
2225 n m l k j
2630 n m l k j
3135 n m l k j
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4650 n m l k j
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12. Optional: What is your race? Mark all that apply.
13. Optional: Gender
14. Optional: Salary Range
AfricanAmerican g
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Asian g f e d c
Caucasian g
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Hispanic g
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Native American g
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Pacific Islander g
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Other (please specify)
g
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Female n
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Male n m l k j
10,00019,000 n
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20,00029,000 n
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30,00039,000 n
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40,00049,000 n
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50,00059,000 n
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Part 2: Six Dimension Scale of Nursing Performance
15. Directions: The following is a list of activities in which nurses engage with varying
degrees of frequency and skill. Please rate how often you perform these activities in you
clinical role, and how well you perform them.
Column A (frequency of performance) Column B (how well you perform) Teach a patient's family
members about the patient's needs.
6 6
Coordinate the plan of nursing care with the medical plan of care.
6 6
Give praise and recognition for achievement to those under your direction.
6 6
Teach preventive health measure to patients and their families.
6 6
Identify and use community resources in developing a plan of care for a patient and his/her family.
6 6
Evaluate results of nursing care.
6 6
Promote the inclusion of patient's decision and desires concerning his/her care.
6 6
Develop a plan of nursing care for a patient.
6 6
Initiate planning and evaluation of nursing care with others.
6 6
Perform technical procedures: e.g., oral suctioning , tracheostomy care, IV therapy, catheter care, dressing changes.
6 6
Adapt teaching methods and materials to the understanding of the particular audience: e.g., age of patient, educational background and sensory deficits.
6 6
Identify and include immediate patient needs in the plan of nursing care.
6 6
Develop innovative methods and materials for teaching patients.
6 6
Communicate a feeling of acceptance of each patient and a concern for the patient's welfare.
6 6
Seek assistance when necessary.
6 6
Help patient communicate with others.
6 6
Use mechanical devices:
e.g., suction machine, Gomco, cardiac monitor, respirator.
6 6
Give emotional support to family of dying patient.
6 6
Verbally communicate facts, ideas, and feelings to other healthc are team members.
6 6
Promote patients' right to privacy.
6 6
16. Directions: The following is a list of activities in which nurses engage with varying
degrees of frequency and skill. Please rate how often you perform these activities in you
clinical role, and how well you perform them.
Column A (frequency of performance) Column B (how well you perform) Contribute to an
atmosphere of mutual trust, acceptance, and respect among other health team members.
6 6
Delegate responsibility for care based on assessment of priorities of nursing caere needs and the abilities and limitations of available health care personnel.
6 6
Explain nursing procedures to a patient prior to performing them.
6 6
Guide other health team members in planning for nursing care.
6 6
Accept responsibility for the level of care under his/her direction.
6 6
Perform appropriate measures in emergency situations.
6 6
Promote the use of interdisciplinary resource persons.
6 6
Use teaching aids and resource materials in teching patients and their families.
6 6
Perform nursing care required by critically ill patients.
6 6
Encourage the family to participate in the care of the patient.
6 6
Identify and use resources with in the health care agency in developing a plan of care for a patient and his/her family.
6 6
Use nursing procedures as opportunities for interaction with patients.
6 6
Contribute to productive working relationships with other health team members.
6 6
Help a patient meet his/her emotional needs.
6 6
Contribute to the plan of nursing care for a patient.
6 6
Recognize and meet the emotional needs of a dying patient.
6 6
Communicate facts, ideas, and professional opinions in writing to patients and their families.
6 6
Plan for the integration of patient needs with family needs.
6 6
Function calmly and competently in emergency situations.
6 6
Remain open to
suggestions fo those under his/her direction and use them when approrpiate.
6 6
Use opportunities to patient teaching when they arise.
6 6
17. Professional Development Behaviors: Please select the best answer for you.
Not very well Satisfactorily Well Very Well
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Final three questions:
18. What was the most valuable aspect of your educational experience at Research
College of Nursing?
19. What , if anything, was missing from your RCN experience?
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20. Please identify one thing you are doing now, or have done recently, of which you are
particularly proud. Was there anything about your RCN student experience that
contributed in some way to this experience you describe?
21. Please add any additional comments:
Thank you for completing this survey.
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