Open AccessA Study on Assess the Perceived Image of Nursing and Factors Influencing Them among the Nursing Students
Author(s) -
Anuj Gavankar,
Aniket Gavankar,
Aniket Ghumde,
Krushna Ghume,
Seema Singh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pharmaceutical research international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-9119
DOI - 10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i60b34617
Subject(s) - nursing , nurse education , likert scale , constructive , psychology , scale (ratio) , medicine , developmental psychology , physics , process (computing) , quantum mechanics , computer science , operating system
In a developing country like India, nursing education is difficult to come by. As a result, this research examines nursing experts' beliefs besides expectations, in addition to desired future activities. It is vital to build and sustain a constructive picture of nursing, especially in today's culture, where nurses' achievements are rarely in light of credit, they have earned.
Aim: To assess the perceived image of nursing and factors influencing them among the nursing students.
Methodology: This study was based on a Descriptive evaluative research approach. Non-probability convenient sampling technique was used. The populace were undergraduate students from selected college, consisted of 400 samples. Structured questionnaires were used based on a 5-points Likert scale.
Results: The study shows that 1% of nursing students were strongly disagree, 4.75% were disagree, 7.75% were not sure, 68.75% were agreed and 17.75% were strongly agreed with level of perceived image of nursing whereas level of factors that influenced the perceived image of nursing were poor i.e.,62% had poor, 24.5% had average, 11.25% had good and 2.25% of nursing students had very good level.
Conclusion: The study shows corelation between the perceived image of nursing and factors influencing them among nursing students. Later on, more investigations are expected to investigate students view of the nursing occupation.