Comparison of Job Attitudes between Physicians, Nurses, Other Medical Officers, and other Air Force Officers.

Abstract

Within the Air Force community, a diverse group of physicians, nurses, and other medical officers enter with attitudes and behaviors which contribute significantly to the overall quality of patient care. The purpose of this research project was to explore the job attitudes of the military medical professionals. The study concludes that job attitudes of the nurse corps were significantly low across all factors of the survey whereas the physicians were high in mission resources but expressed lower attitudes in leadership effectiveness. Air Force officers were similar to nurses in the areas of mission resources and unit effectiveness, but similar to other medical officers in the areas of leadership effectiveness. To enhance leadership effectiveness, medical leaders in mid/top management positions should recognize and promote leadership skills early in newly commissioned nurses and medical officers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA169363

Entities

People

  • Patsy C. Adkison

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Databases
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Human Resources
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Education
  • Military Medicine
  • Officer Personnel
  • Patient Care
  • Personnel Management
  • Physicians
  • Psychology
  • Students
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Organizational Psychology.