J Nurs Acad Soc.  1973 May;3(2):121-132.

A Study on Gradual Attitudes Change College of Nursing Students

• Han JS

Abstract

The Graduate School of Education Introduction Nursing as a profession is getting wide acceptance today, especially among independent -minded women with necessary phisical, mental and academic qualifications. This is parti-culary true of "comprehensive nursing", which requires to total dedication on the part if the nurse herself-phisical, mental and sociocultural. Such comprehensive approach is likewise called for in the institutional training of professional nurses. Undergraduate nursing courses nowadays place an increasing emphasis on the microscopic approach of training a nurse as an intelligent and well-balanced human being with an optimum degree of cultural sophistication. Greater attention then ever before is now paid to close observation of the individual traits and aptitude of nursing students, so as to permit full development of individual capabilities, interests and propensities within the concept of "comprehensive human education." Purpose of study 1. To determine the degree of understanding of the part of nursing students of the various aspects of the subject taught in undergraduate nursing course. 2. To determine the motivation of nursing students in choosing the profession and possible subsequent change or attitude and outlook in the course of undergraduated studies, as a means of presenting a new practical approach in nursing training based on the concept of "comprehensive human education." Problems of study 1. The environments of nursing training will impinge on individual nursing students with different psychological impacts from lower to upper classes of undergraduated studies. 2. Educational environments will have varying psychological impacts on students: a. Difference in religious faith among students. b. Difference in campus environments. c. Difference in domestic (family) circumstances. d. Diflerence in innate capabilities of students. 3. The understanding and attitude of individual nursing students towards the science of nursing will have a close correlation with their respective motivations in choosing-nursing as a psofession, aad will also be closely influenced by the peculiarities of the subjects taught, the campus environments, etc. Delimitations of the study 1. Two universities offering 4-year nursing courses were selected. Due to the limited number of potential subjects, the optimum conditions of sample collection could not be fulfilled. 2. Subjects were confined to two classes in each university (sophomores and seniors) but without regard to the ages or scholastic achievements of individual students. 3. The conclusions derived from this study should be limited in application to the subject groups covered by the present study: they should not in any event be extended or applied to other groups. Procedures 1. Subjects: 40 nursing students each from the sophomore and senior classes of the "Y" and "K" universities situated in Seoul, aggregating 160 students altogether. 2. Instruments: Use has been made of questionnaires on (1) family backgrounds and (2) general information concerning. 3. Statistical Methed: The findings of the present survey have been subjected to critical analysis as to the means, percentages, Cgi squares (X), standard deviations and the significance of the difference in means. Findings 1. Nursing students have chosen their subject of study with a confident outlook towards their future in society. 2. Nursing students have the necessary abilities to complete the prescribed courses of study. 3. The campus life of nursing students has been judged as very constructive, notwithstanding certain in adequacies in the available educational facilities and the shortages of teaching staff. 4. The achievement levels of nursing trainees varied greatly according to their respective educational environments as well as their school years. 5. Clear and definite distinctions were discernible between the two universities as regards certain aspects of this survey, while no significant difference was observed in other: a. Sophomores and seniors in both universities gave nearly identical answers to questions concerning (1) motivation in choosing nursing as a profession, and (2) the way of spending leisure hours. b. Both universities revealed similar respective differences between sophomores and seniors as regards the abilities of fulfilling academic requirements in the basic subjects. c. Educational environments have been found to be somewhat superior in the "Y" university to those of the "K" university, particularly as regard general campus and dormitory conditions. d. The high degree of dissatisfaction with the faculty, found in both universities, was considered to be a consequence of the universal phenomenon of "brain drain" and the relative neglect of the "comprehensive approach" in education.

MeSH Terms

Aptitude
Education
Female
Humans
Leisure Activities
Motivation
Nursing*
Surveys and Questionnaires
Seoul
Students, Nursing*