CARING BEHAVIORS OF NURSING STUDENTS OF MARINDUQUE STATE COLLEGE,PHILIPPINES
Abstract
ABSTRACT
This study was conducted to determine the caring behavior of the nursing students of Marinduque State College. It also looked into the relationship between the extent of caring behavior of the nursing students in terms of physical, spiritual and psychosocial and their socio-demographic profile.
The dependent variable of the study is the caring behaviors of student nurses which includes physical,spiritual and psychosocial while the independent variables are the socio-demographic profile such as age,sex,civil status,year level and area of assignment. Other independent variables under patients profile are age ,sex,civil status and educational attainment.
The descriptive correlational research design was used in this study . A questionnaire-checklist .One hundred percent of the total population of the 2nd to 4th year and 78 patients who were confined for at least 2-3 days at Dr. Damian Reyes Provincial Hospital handled by the students were chosen as respondents of the study. The statistical tools used to treat and interpret the data gathered were frequency and percentage, mean and simple linear correlation.
From the findings, the following conclusions were drawn: The majority of the student nurse - respondents are single, females and belongs to the age of 19 years old. A great percentage of the respondents are 3rd year level and assigned in medical ward.
A great percentage of patient respondents are married, male, attained high school level and belongs to age bracket of 20 -29 years old. Most of the patient respondents were admitted at medical ward for more than two days .Generally, the overall level of caring behavior of student nurse-respondents is “High”.
As a whole, there is a significant relationship between the level of caring behaviors of the nursing students and nurse –respondents profile such as age, year level and area of assignment. On the other hand the variables sex and civil status are not significantly related with the level of caring behaviors of nursing students. When taken singly, there is significant relationship between the level of caring behaviors of nursing students along physical, spiritual and psychosocial and socio demographic profile.
The age of the student nurse -respondents attained significant relationship between the level of caring behaviors of nursing student. The sex of the student nurse -respondents has no significant relationship between the level of caring behaviors of nursing student. On civil status, there is no significant relationship between the level of caring behaviors of nursing student. There is a significant relationship between the level of caring behaviors of nursing student and year level of the respondents. There is a significant relationship between the level of caring behaviors of nursing student and the area of assignment of the respondents. This imply that the elder the nursing student;those who are on higher year level;and those who are assigned in the medical ward tend to have a higher level of caring behaviors than the others. Whether the nursing students is male or female ,single or married, the level of caring behaviors are more likely or less than the same.
Based on the conclusions drawn, the following recommendations are forwarded: 1)Clinical Instructors of Marinduque State College – School of Community and Health Care may periodically evaluate the implementation of the Nursing curriculum in order to determine if they are able to inculcate the value of spiritual caring among their students and maintain to instill the value of physical and psychological caring among their students.2) Marinduque State College – School of Community and Health Care may conduct a more intensive research study which would make an inclusive description of the caring behavior of student nurses. Employing a qualitative method could assistance in explaining other factors that affect the caring behavior of the students.3)Marinduque State College administrator should plan; conduct seminars for the students and faculty members in order to gain more knowledge, skills and attitude to be able to uplift their caring behaviors effectively and competently.
Keywords: caring behavior,nursing students ,physical, spiritual and psychosocial
