Access Type

Open Access Dissertation

Date of Award

January 2016

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Ed.D.

Department

Education Evaluation and Research

First Advisor

Shlomo Sawilowsky

Abstract

In 2010, the birth of an aggressive strategy began to emerge aimed to increase the number of Deaf and Hard of Hearing (D/HH) individuals in professional healthcare fields. Employers and higher education admission officials desired more research. Data revealed that the field of nursing had a higher percentage of Deaf and Hard of Hearing professionals than other areas. Yet, there is a gap in the literature related to in-depth accounts about the learning experience and clinical training of D/HH nursing students. A phenomenological study was conducted to examine nursing experiences (homogenous sampling) compared to other clinical and non-clinical D/HH majors (heterogeneous sampling). The purpose was to explore higher learning and on-the-job experiences of 28 students and alumni within D/HH community. Primary and secondary data was generated from surveys (2), videos (11), meta-synthesis focus group summaries (13) and articles (2). Multiple coding strategies were used for data analysis in the mix-methods study.

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