Nursing Students' Attitude toward NursingProfession and its Relationship with their Achievement Motivation

Abstract

Background: Nursing students are key assets of nursing profession and their attitude has a great influence on their achievement motivation and the future quality of nursing. Aim of the study: was conducted to investigate nursing students' attitude toward nursing profession and its relationship with their achievement motivation. Research design: a descriptive design was utilized to convey the present study. Setting: The study was conducted at Beni-Seuif technical health institute. Subjects: all available 300 nursing students were participated from academic years (2019-2020). Tools of data collection: Two tools were used for data collection. Tool (I): The attitude toward nursing profession scale. Tool (II): The achievement Motivation scale. Results: more than half (58%) of nursing students had perceived their attitude toward their profession. Also, more than half (63%) of nursing students at first year had Achievement motivation. There were positive statistically significant correlations among all dimensions of attitude toward nursing profession of studied nursing students, and among all dimensions of achievement motivation of studied nursing students. Conclusion: The nursing students' attitude toward nursing profession was positively significantly correlated to their achievement motivation. Recommendations: conducting conferences f or newly admitted students by nursing educator to guide them on the nursing profession, nursing history, nursing education programs.