Assess the Perception of Nursing Students Towards Nursing Profession in Selected College of Nursing

Abstract

“Life is what our perception is.” Nursing is a noble profession and career of day and night service to the public. Today, the conceptualization by students of nursing profession appears uncertain and the question asked by many students is “what is nursing?” The present study is aimed to assess the perception of nursing students towards nursing profession and to determine the association of the knowledge with selected demographic variables. The research approach was non-experimental with descriptive survey design in a selected college of nursing, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana. The final data were collected after getting formal permission from the principal of the College of Nursing, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana. Convenience sampling Technique was used for collecting final data. The data were collected from 200 students – 50 from each batch of B. Sc. nursing by Likert scale having 20 statements. Major Findings of the study revealed that most of the students (70%) were in the age group of 18–21 years. Majority of the subjects (80%) were females and (51.5%) were living in urban area. Majority of the subjects (96%) were unmarried. Majority of subjects’ parents (30%) were having senior secondary education. Most of the students (50%) were self-motivated for joining nursing. Findings of the present study show that 51% of students were having favorable perception towards their profession followed by 48% were moderately favorable and only 1% perceived unfavorable perception towards nursing profession. Computed Chi-square values of level of perception of nursing students towards nursing profession with demographic variables were found to be statistically non-significant as 0.05 level of significance, so there is no significant association of the level of perception of nursing students towards nursing profession with demographic variables.