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Self‐care attitude changes of nursing students enrolled in a self‐care curriculum—A longitudinal study
Author(s) -
Hartweg Donna L.,
Metcalfe Sharie A.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.4770090412
Subject(s) - curriculum , nursing , psychology , scale (ratio) , test (biology) , medicine , self care , nurse education , medical education , health care , pedagogy , economic growth , quantum mechanics , biology , paleontology , physics , economics
The purpose of this 3‐year longitudina study was to determine if nursing students' self‐care attitudes change after being socallized through a curriculum based on Orem's Self‐Care Deficit Theory. The sample cons sted of 40 baccalaureate nursing students and 71 general university students who served as a control group. Pretest‐posttest design was used employing the Linn‐Lewis Self‐Care Attitude Scale. On initial testing, nursing students had more positive attitudes toward self‐care than the general university students, but the results were not significant. At the completion of the nursing curriculum, analysis of covariance on posttest mean scores indicated nursing students had significantly higher self‐care scores ( p < .001).