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Document Type
Thesis - University Access Only
Award Date
2007
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department / School
Graduate Nursing
First Advisor
Lori Hendrickx
Keywords
North Dakota nurse attitudes, South Dakota Nurse attitudes, influenza vaccines, vaccination
Abstract
This study examined the predictors of nurses' decisions to receive influenza vaccinations. The Triandis model of interpersonal behavior (1977) was used to construct an instrument called the Registered Nurses Influenza Vaccination Questionnaire (RNIVQ).A mail survey approach was used to distribute the RNIVQ to 201 randomly selected nurses who were currently licensed in the states of North Dakota and South Dakota following Dillman's (2007) tailored design method, yielding an 80% response rate.
Multiple regression showed habit and behavioral intention were significant determinants of the probability of a nurse receiving an influenza vaccination {p = .000). Positive correlations were found between all of the Triandis model variables and the probability of a nurse receiving an influenza vaccination, including facilitating conditions (p = .001), as well as habit, intention, cognitive factors, affective factors, and social factors (p = .000.
Amongall Triandismodel variables, study results showed that facilitating conditions had the potential for influence on all variables, leading to the probability of a nurse receiving an influenza vaccination. These findings have several important implications for future use to create strategies to improve influenza vaccination rates among nurses.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Nurses -- North Dakota -- Attitudes
Nurses -- South Dakota -- Attitudes
Influenza vaccines
Vaccination
Description
Includes bibliographical references (page 69-76)
Format
application/pdf
Number of Pages
128
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Rights
Copyright © 2007 Laurie Johansen. All rights reserved
Recommended Citation
Johansen, Laurie J., "Predictors of North Dakota and South Dakota Nurses' Decisions to Receive Influenza Vaccinations" (2007). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 938.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/938