NURSING STUDENTS OF FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCE ATTITUDES ABOUT NURSING AS A SCIENCE

Cilj: Cilj istraživanja je ispitati stavove prema sestrinstvu kao znanosti među ispitanicima, odnosno studentima preddiplomskih stručnih studija i diplomskih sveučilišnih studija sestrinstva na Fakultetu zdravstvenih studija u Rijeci. U obzir su bile uzete godine radnog staža, trenutni stupanj obrazovanja i razina studija na kojoj ispitanici trenutno studiraju. Ispitanici i metode: U ispitivanju je sudjelovalo 265 ispitanika svih godina redovnog i izvanrednog preddiplomskog stručnog studija sestrinstva te student obiju godina diplomskih sveučilišnih studija sestrinstva na Fakultetu zdravstvenih studija u Rijeci. Mjerni instrument je anketni upitnik sastavljen od dva dijela – sociodemografskog upitnika i dijela koji ima za cilj dobiti podatke vezane uz stavove o sestrinstvu kao znanosti među ispitanicima.Dobiveni deskriptivni podaci statistički su obrađeni i prikazani grafički i tabelarno u vidu frekvencija, postotaka, aritmetičkih sredina i standardnih devijacija. Statistički značajne razlike u ukupnom rezultatu upitnika stavova prikazane su rezultatima t-testa. Rezultati: Rezultati istraživanja su pokazali kako studenti redovnog preddiplomskog stručnog studija sestrinstva pokazuju pozitivnije stavove prema sestrinstvu kao znanosti naspram izvanrednih studenata istog studija. Također student preddiplomskog studija pokazuju pozitivniji stav o sestrinstvu kao znanosti za razliku od ispitanika koji studiraju na diplomskom studiju. Ispitanici koji nemaju radnog staža statistički značajnije pozitivnije stavove o sestrinstvu kao znanosti pokazuju u usporedbi s ispitanicima koji imaju radnog iskustva. Zaključak: U provedenom istraživanju, a na temelju dobivenih statističkih podataka pokazalo se da ispitanici koji studiraju na preddiplomskom studiju sestrinstvo više smatraju znanošću od ispitanika koji studiraju na diplomskom studiju te je i među ispitanicima na preddiplomskom studiju utvrđeno da redovni studenti zauzimaju podjednak stav kao što je gore navedeno. Ispitanici bez radnog iskustva ili s manje radnog iskustva pokazuju pozitivniji stav prema sestrinstvu kao znanosti u odnosu na one s više godina radnog iskustva.Aim: The aim of this research was to examine attitudes towards nursing as a science among different student’s levels such as undergraduate professionals and university graduates at the Faculty of Health studies in Rijeka. Considering elements of this research were length of service in nursing profession, student’s current level of education and their current level of studies. Subjects and Methods: In this study there were involved 265 participants full- time and part- time undergraduate in nursing studies as well as students of two year nursing university program at the Faculty of health studies in Rijeka. The measuring instruments was a Questionnaire made of two parts such as socio-demographic questions and questions that aim data related to nursing attitudes towards nursing profession among respondents. All descriptive data were statistically processed and presented graphically in tables in forms of frequencies, percentages, arithmetic means and standard deviations. Statistically significant differences in the total score of the attitude questionnaire were shown by the results of the t-test. Results: The results of the study showed that full-time undergraduate nursing students experience more positive attitudes toward nursing as a science than part-time undergraduate students. Nevertheless, undergraduate students showed more positive attitude about nursing as a science as opposed to the students studying for graduate school. Nurses with little work experience (non-trainees) showed statistically significant positive attitudes towards nursing profession compared to those with work experience. Conclusion: In this conducted research based on the obtained statistical data it was shown that the undergraduate nursing students consider nursing as a science more than the undergraduate university level of nursing students. In addition, the results showed that full-time students take the same attitude as above. Respondents with no work experience or little work experience showed more positive attitude towards nursing as a science compared to those with more years of work experience