Differences in Learning Style Preferences, Environmental Press Perceptions and Job Satisfaction between Surgical Intensive Care and General Surgical Unit Nurses
Abstract
Learning is a lifelong process that occurs in professional, personal and social situations. In this descriptive study, Kolb's Experimental Learning Theory was used to determine learning style preferences, environmental press perceptions and learning style-environmental press congruency of 17 surgical intensive care (SICU) and 17 general surgical unit nurses (GSU). Furthermore, the relationship between these variables and job satisfaction was examined. Using descriptive statistics, one-sample and 2 X 4 chi-square analyses, Student's t-tests and one-way analysis of variance tests, no statistically significant relationships were found for any of the variables between the two groups with the exception of environmental press perceptions of SICU nurses. Surgical intensive care unit nurses significantly perceived either a predominant divergent (52.9%) or convergent (41.2%) press. The majority of the subjects preferred either diverger (38%) or assimilator (34%) learning styles. Of the total sample (N = 34), seven nurses had congruent learning style-environmental press perceptions. Results of the study indicated no differences in job satisfaction scores for any of the variables under investigation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA239367
Entities
People
- Julia E. Nelson
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology