Student’s Problem Solving Abilities at Technical Institute of Nursing | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 42, Volume 10, Issue 1, March 2019, Pages 570-577 PDF (219.49 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2019.240865 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Doaa Ali Seliman Ali1; Mona Mostafa Shazly2; Nema Fathy Saad3 | ||
| 1B.Sc. in Nursing Administration, Department of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Ain-Shams University-Cairo-Egypt. | ||
| 2B.Professor of Nursing Administration, Department of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Ain-Shams University-Cairo-Egypt. | ||
| 3Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration-Cairo-Egypt. Department of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Ain-Shams University-Cairo-Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Education is an ongoing process, providing personal and professional stimulation to improve life. Since life is full of problems, the aim of education is to help individuals to acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to overcome these problems. Aim of Study: to assess nursing student’s problem solving abilities at technical institute of nursing. Subjects and methods: descriptive analytical study was carried out at Al-zahra Technical Institute of Nursing affiliated to Al Azhar University. The sample included all 83 nursing students enrolled in the fifth year during the academic year (2017/2018). One tool were used in data collection, namely a self-administered questionnaire to assess abilities of problem solving (PS). Results: students’ age ranged between 19and 20 years. The majority of the nursing students computer abilities (79.5%) and were aware of problem- solving (92.8%) although only 61.4% studied it. Meanwhile, 80, 7% of them stated used PS in their personal life. Students in problem solving knowledge and skills were high deficiency. Student’s knowledge scores had significant strong positive correlation with the skills score. Conclusion: None of the nursing students had adequate knowledge and skills of PS. The skills score had statically significant weak positive correlation with student’s GPA. And positive correlation between nursing students’ scores of knowledge and skills (r=0.907). Recommendation: The study recommends more use of the (PS) education approach and PBL strategy in all nursing curricula; course planners need training in developing educational problems. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Problem Solving Abilities; Nursing Students | ||
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