Nursing Students' Attitude toward Nursing Profession: Its Relation to Their Self Esteem | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 53, Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2021, Pages 773-790 PDF (1.39 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.204462 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Rehab Abo-Alazm Abd-Elgaleil1; Mona Mostafa Shazly2; Samah Mohammed Elsayed3 | ||
| 1Clinical instructor at Nursing Administration Department, Faculty of Nursing, Al-Azhar University | ||
| 2Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Ain shams University. | ||
| 3Assisst Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Ain shams University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Nursing is a one of the oldest and noblest profession. This profession combines physical science, social science, nursing theory and technology. Aim: This study aimed at identifying relationship between nursing students' attitude toward nursing profession and their self-esteem. Research design: A descriptive, cross-sectional study design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at faculty of nursing Al-Azhar University. Subjects: 214 nursing students from all four grades in faculty of nursing were included in the study. Tools of data collection: Data were collected by using two tools, attitude toward nursing profession questionnaire and self-esteem scale. Results: Slightly less than two third of nursing students have positive attitude toward nursing profession, while slightly more than three quarters of nursing students have high self-esteem. Conclusion: There was a highly statistically significant relation between studied students' attitude toward nursing profession and their self-esteem. Recommendations: Training sessions should be organized to improve nursing students' attitude toward nursing profession and improve their self-esteem, also educational courses should be made to induct, train and retain qualified and expert instructors for promoting the education quality. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Attitude; Nursing profession; Nursing students'; Self-esteem | ||
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