Development of a Tool to assess the Nursing Students’ Perception Regarding Characteristics of Nursing Teachers as their Role Model

Abstract

Education is a bipolar process. It combines the educated with the educator, the immature with the mature, the learner with the learned, or the pupil with the teacher. The personality of the educator modifies the personality of the educed. The purpose of this study was to develop and valid a tool to assess nursing students’ perception regarding characteristics of nursing teachers as their role model. A Modified Delphi technique was opted for the development of Nursing Students’ Perception tool. Total four Delphi rounds were carried out with experts for the finalization of Nursing Students’ Perception Tool. Self structured Nursing Students’ Perception Tool was administered to 100 B.Sc. nursing Ist Year students who were studying in selected nursing institutions of Punjab by using multi stage sampling technique. Reliability of tool was ensured by internal consistency. Value of Cronbach’s (Unstandardized) and Split half was 0.93. The Nursing Students’ Perception Tool was found to be statistically highly reliable and feasible. Most of (81%) nursing students perceived that it is very important for a nursing teacher to have a good personal qualities and thorough knowledge. Whereas only 15% of students from selected Nursing Institutions of Punjab believed that these characteristics should be essential for nursing teachers to become a role model and few (4%) of them was in favor that their role model needs to possess personal qualities, knowledge, teaching, interpersonal and evaluation skills as well as clinical competencies. The students have identified their role model as knowledgeable, skilled teacher, clinically competent and a best evaluator.