Perception and attitude of nursing faculties regarding innovative teaching strategies in nursing education: A descriptive study

Abstract

Nursing is a field which requiring clinical knowledge & skills to care for the patients & his family as we deal and handle with real life situations. Innovations depends on the teacher that how they utilizes the instructional strategies while delivering lectures or teaching in clinical.A Non experimental cross sectional descriptive research design was adopted with 73 nursing faculties from entire India. Sampling technique was Non probability convenience sampling. A self-structured socio-demographic tool consisting of 10 questions, a self-structured rating scale on consisting of 14 items and a Self- Structured Likert scale on consisting of 10 items was developed to collect the data. Data was collected by creating Google form in an online mode.Data was analyzed by using both descriptive and inferential statistics. 64.4% had highly satisfactory perception and 35.6% had satisfactory perception. 82.2% had a positive attitude. The calculated Karl Pearson’s Correlation value of r=0.235 shows a positive correlation. It was observed that exposure to any training program on simulation had statistically significant association with level of perception. Also qualification of the teacher and teaching methods whatever they have been using and place of residence had statistically significant association with level of perception. With effective knowledge regarding online teaching and learning strategies, future nurses can be trained regarding the innovative methods which will be fruitful and beneficial for the development and widespread in the field of nursing education.