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Perception to the Subjects Learnt in the Undergraduate Nursing Program among Students of a Selected College


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The nursing curriculum is consistently revised according to the changing scenario. With globalization and liberalization of the education policy a lot of private colleges have been established. The Indian Nursing Council revised the nursing curriculum to prepare nurses for the global front and the same was implemented since 2005.The objective of the study was to assess the perception of the subjects in the curriculum and the preferred area of work on completion among the B.Sc. Nursing students. Forty three final year students were asked to complete a four point rating scale which had all the subjects. Students also had to rank their preferred area of work and the reason. None of the subjects were perceived to be very difficult by the students. Less than 12% of the students perceived the subjects to be difficult. Majority of the students 35(84.1%) perceived fourth year subjects to be easy. Medical ward was ranked 1 and surgical ward was ranked 2 by majority of the students. The results showed that majority of the subjects in the curriculum were easy and very easy

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Nursing Curriculum, Subjects, Area of Interest
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Hema Suresh
Vice Principal, Meenakshi College of Nursing, Chennai

Abstract


The nursing curriculum is consistently revised according to the changing scenario. With globalization and liberalization of the education policy a lot of private colleges have been established. The Indian Nursing Council revised the nursing curriculum to prepare nurses for the global front and the same was implemented since 2005.The objective of the study was to assess the perception of the subjects in the curriculum and the preferred area of work on completion among the B.Sc. Nursing students. Forty three final year students were asked to complete a four point rating scale which had all the subjects. Students also had to rank their preferred area of work and the reason. None of the subjects were perceived to be very difficult by the students. Less than 12% of the students perceived the subjects to be difficult. Majority of the students 35(84.1%) perceived fourth year subjects to be easy. Medical ward was ranked 1 and surgical ward was ranked 2 by majority of the students. The results showed that majority of the subjects in the curriculum were easy and very easy

Keywords


Nursing Curriculum, Subjects, Area of Interest

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