Determination of the satisfaction and motivation levels in a group of nursing students

Ilkay Culha

doi:10.18844/gjpaas.v0i7.3162

Abstract

   Abstract Objective: Determine the satisfaction and motivation levels in a group of nursing student who have surgical nursing lesson.Materials and methods: This is a descriptive research carried out between 10-24 March 2014 with 97 students. Personal information form, Student Satisfaction Scale and Motivation Scale were filled by students under observation. The datas were analyzed with IBM SPSS 21 statistical software package. One-way analysis of variance analyzes, Student's t test and Spearman correlation analyzes were used. The statistical significance level was accepted as being p<0.05.Findings:Students' satisfaction scores were between 1.72–4.64 with mean of 3.33 ± 0.55. There was found difference between satisfaction about department, living within Eskisehir and satisfaction scores (p <0.05 for each one). Students' motivation scores were between 2.07–4.97 with mean of 3.73±0.52. There was found difference between gender,whether the department was chosen of the student’s own free will and satisfaction from the department (p <0.05 for each one).There was a positive weak correlation between satisfaction and motivation scores of students (r=0.241, p=0.017).Conclusion:Satisfaction about department and living in city center were found effective on students' satisfactions. Students' satisfaction and motivation levels should be determined and necessary regulations, improvements should be done.    Keywords: student education, student satisfaction, student motivation.     

Highlights

With the scientific, technical and professional knowledge and skills they provide to students, universities are teaching institutions which play an important role in the scientific, economic, technological and cultural development of communities [23,24]
Student Satisfaction Scale was developed by Baykal, Sokmen and Korkmaz (2002) in order to determine the satisfaction levels of students studying in nursing schools, and was shortened and revised in 2011.The scale is comprised of 53 items and 5 sub-groups
Precautions are required to increase the desire of students to learn and become distinct in order to be able to generate solutions to the problems being experienced in nursing training and raise the quality of education [1]

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Technical and professional knowledge and skills they provide to students, universities are teaching institutions which play an important role in the scientific, economic, technological and cultural development of communities [23,24]. The study of the satisfaction, attitudes, needs and experiences of students is important in accordance with this aim [19,23]. When it is considered that one of the fundamental objectives of the young is to win a place at university, and of students is to graduate successfully having derived satisfaction from their department and attempt to achieve their expectations from life, the importance of this, both for them and in terms of community life can be seen [23]. By monitoring current developments, educational institutions and programmes can be brought more into line with expectations, more functional and more qualitative

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