Attitude of Patients towards Student Nurses

Abstract

The present study was conducted to assess the attitude of patients towards student nurses. The descriptive research design was applied for the study where one hundred and fifteen respondents were involved from patients of Alka Hospital. A non-probability purposive sampling technique was for the sample. Interview schedule was developed for the data collection. Ethical consideration was maintained throughout the study. Data was collected by researcher herself. Data were analyzed with the help of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20. The findings of the data were analyzed using different descriptive statistics like frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. Results were presented in different academic tables. The study showed 7 percent of the respondents disagree with students acceptance depends on their confidence level whereas 9.6 percent of the respondents strongly disagree that students are skillful and competent in their roles. Furthermore, 60.9 percent of the respondents agree that student’s general appearance and manner are important for patient willingness for care. Similarly, least (3.5%) of the respondents disagree that patient satisfaction influenced with skills of students. Likewise, least (1.7%) of the respondents strongly disagree that grade of nursing students differs in patient care. The present study showed that the majority (73.9%) of the respondents had negative attitude likewise 24.3 percent of the respondents had positive attitude and only 1.7 percent of the respondents had neutral attitude towards student nurses. On the basis of the finding of the study it can be concluded that, majority of the respondents had negative attitude, less than half of the respondents had positive attitude whereas minority of the respondents had neutral attitude towards student nurses.