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A Study to Assess the Perceived Image of Nursing Profession and Influencing Factors among B.sc Nursing Students of Kamrup (Metro), Assam

Author(s) ANKITA SARMA
Country India
Abstract Student nurses are the future of our nursing profession. If we mold them in a good way and educate them regarding all the aspect of nursing profession it will help to uplift our profession and it will also help the upcoming nurse to adopt a positive attitude regarding their profession. The objectives of the study is to to assess the perceived image of nursing profession among B.Sc Nursing student of Kamrup (Metro) Assam.To identify the influencing factors for enrollment to nursing programme at selected nursing colleges of KAMRUP (Metro), Assam.To find out association between perceived image of B.Sc nursing profession and selected demographic variables.To identify correlation between perceived images of B.Sc nursing students and influencing factors for enrollment in nursing program of KAMRUP (Metro), Assam. The research approach and design adopted for this study was quantitative research approach and descriptive research design. Convenience sampling technique was used to select two nursing colleges from Kamrup (Metro), Assam and to collect data from 80 students from selected nursing colleges of Kamrup (Metro), Assam. The data collection instruments consisted of three sections which were: Part I included questions related to socio demographic Performa, Part II included Self structured 5 point rating scale will be used to assess perceived image related to nursing profession. Part III included Self structured 5 point rating scale to assess the Factors influencing the nursing image as a profession among nursing students. . The data findings shows that majority of the participants 61(76.2%) are belonged to the age group of 22-23 years .Regarding gender that female 61(76.2%) are more enrolling into nursing profession than male 19(23.8%).Regarding Religion majority are from Hindu religion 31(38.8%) and from Muslim religion 27(33.8%) and from Christian religion 22(27.4%).Majority 67(83.8%) of participants reasons for enrolling into nursing profession were desire to serve humanity and 13(16.2%) of participants for were Availability of work. Regarding parents income maximum 49(61.3%) of participants parents source of income were father, 21(26.2%) of participants parents source of income were mother and 10(12.5%) of participants parents source of income were both father and mother. Majority 42(52.6%) of participants monthly income of family were 40000-60000, 33(41.2%) of participants were 20000-40000, and 5(6.2%) of participants monthly income of family were 60000-80000.Maximum 54(67.5%) of participants had no known person who is in nursing profession and 26(32.5%) of participants had known person who is in nursing profession. 11( 13.8%) of participants family members were in nursing profession, 10(12.5%) of participants relatives were in nursing profession and 5(67.2%) of participants friends were in nursing profession. Majority 45(56.2%) of participants were residing in rural area and 35(43.8%) of participants were residing in urban area. The overall perceived image score shows that the 50(62.5%) have positive perceived image regarding nursing profession and 30(37.5%) has uncertain perceived image and there is no negative perceived image of nursing profession among B.Sc nursing 4th year student of selected colleges. The influencing factors score revealed that majority 48(60%) of participants had moderately influencing factors and 32(40%) of participants had greatly influencing factors for enrollment to nursing program among B.Sc Nursing student. The association between perceived image of B.Sc nursing profession among B.Sc Nursing student and selected demographic variables which was tested by using chi-square test. The chi square values showed that age, gender, religion and monthly income of the family were found statistically significant association at p<0.05 level with perceived image of B.Sc nursing profession. The correlation between perceived images of B.Sc nursing students and influencing factors for enrollment in nursing program among B.Sc Nursing student which was tested by using spearman brown correlation with obtained (r=0.854, p=0.001) indicates good positive correlation between perceived images of B.Sc nursing students and influencing factors for enrollment in nursing program among B.Sc Nursing student was found to be statistically significant at p<0.05 level of significance.
Keywords Key words: Perceived image, influencing factors, B.Sc nursing students.
Field Medical / Pharmacy
Published In Volume 6, Issue 5, September-October 2024
Published On 2024-10-31
Cite This A Study to Assess the Perceived Image of Nursing Profession and Influencing Factors among B.sc Nursing Students of Kamrup (Metro), Assam - ANKITA SARMA - IJFMR Volume 6, Issue 5, September-October 2024. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i05.29538
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i05.29538
Short DOI https://doi.org/g8p2vq
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