Date of Award
1997
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Dunphy, Lynne M.
Abstract
With expanded nursing roles emerging in the health care system, it is imperative to identify psychological barriers that can limit the potential of these practitioners. If feelings of inadequacy exist in the RNFA, the nurse may pursue tasks that are less than those of which the person is capable. The purpose of this study was to ascertain if RN First Assistants (RNFA) experience the impostor phenomenon, an intense, subjective feeling of achievement-related fraudulence. The Impostor Phenomenon Scale, a 14 item, 7-point Likert Scale, was self-administered to 109 registered nurse First Assistants to determine the degree of security and comfort they experience in their roles. The results of this research indicated that the RNFA sample did not experience the impostor phenomenon. The demographic data presented some facts that can possibly explain the high degree of competency that RNFAs perceive in their role.
Extent
75 p.
Recommended Citation
Ellerie, Sandra Charline, "impostor phenomenon: A study of its incidence in registered nurse first assistants" (1997). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 1161.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/1161
Identifier
FADT15481
Comments
Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1997.|Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1997.