Self-Directed Learning Readiness among Nursing Students: A Cross Sectional Study

Abstract

Learning brings about changes in the way we act, think and feel. The changes in method in learning,changes the quality of learning. It may be positive or negative, as in how we adopt it. A descriptive studywas conducted on readiness towards self-directed learning among nursing students, in Sree GokulamNursing College, Venjaramoodu with the objectives; to assess the readiness towards self-directed learningamong nursing students, to compare SDLR score across various streams in nursing and to determine theassociation between readiness towards self-directed learning and selected socio demographic variables. Thestudy used a quantitative approach and was conducted among 200 subjects recruited by total enumerationsampling technique. Data was collected using a socio demographic proforma and Fisher’s self-directedlearning readiness scale with reliability of 0.8, after concerning the ethical considerations. The resultsshow that majority (72.5%) had high SDLR score and 55(27.5) had low SDLR score, there was significantassociation between readiness towards self-directed learning and previous exposure to self-directed learningenhancement program (p=0.010).