Perception of Final Year Nursing Students of Selected Nursing Colleges in Mangalore Regarding Role Transition from Student to Staff Nurse

Abstract

Background Transition can be referred as a series of changes that occur or as a process that occurs gradually. This process is demanding and exciting as well. Newly graduated nurses should feel free to address the concerns as they are new to the environment and scenario. It is mandatory to develop a support system for all the new staff nurses for their growth in the profession helping them to understand the theoretical and practical concepts of nursing or for the understanding of basic nursing care in the hospital routine process. Adjusting to it and accomplishing a task of being a competitive nurse requires a strong willpower.Methods A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted among 190 final year nursing students from selected nursing colleges in Mangalore by convenient random sampling technique. Data was collected by administering modified perception of role transition questionnaire through google forms. Chi square and fisherrsquos exact test were used to assess the association between the perception of role transition and baseline variables.Results The results revealed not much difference among subdomain scores of perception of role transition and the major predictor of perceived role transition among nursing students was support from organization with a mean percentage of 84. There was a significant association between confidence in clinical performance skills of the nursing students with their perception on role transition p 0.021 at 0.05 level of significanceConclusion This study revealed that most of the final year students are prepared for the role changes in respect to their duties preparing themselves for many roles. Hereby it was understood that among the given ratio of sample most of the students were clear to bring about the essential change from student to a professional.