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Background: Nursing is a branch of art and science-based on professional care. Nursing students’ professionalism attitudes and leadership behaviors should be examined to provide them with proper undergraduate education to help them develop and practice professionalism.
Objective: To examine and describe professionalism attitudes and leadership behaviors among Turkish nursing students.
Methods: The study population consisted of all nursing students (N=382) of a university in the 2018-2019 academic year. The sample consisted of 311 voluntary students. Data were collected using a demographic characteristics form, the Instrument of Professionalism Attitude for Student Nurses (IPASN), and the Youth Leadership Qualities Scale (YLQS).
Findings: The mean age of participants was 20.13±1.56 years. Of participants, 81.4% were women, and 59.2% had an Anatolian high school degree. Participants had a mean IPASN and YLQS score of 65.03±15.90 and 3.80±0.75, respectively. They had the highest and lowest IPASN scores on the subscales “cooperation” (16.96±5.41) and “working in committees” (4.66±2.13), respectively. They had the highest and lowest YLQS scores on the subscales “trusting and being trustworthy” (3.98±0.84) and “the ability to communicate” (3.49±0.87), respectively. IPASN “cooperation” score was weakly positively correlated with YLQS total and subscale scores (r=.177 - .290; p<0.01).
Conclusion: Participants had low IPASN but high YLQS scores. Moreover, the higher the IPASN “cooperation” score, the higher the YLQS score. The results suggest that undergraduate education should focus on leadership, cooperation, and communication with interactive teaching methods to help nursing students develop professionalism and leadership qualities.
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Giriş: Hemşirelik, profesyonel bakıma dayalı bir sanat ve bilim dalıdır. Hemşirelik öğrencilerinin mesleki tutumları ve liderlik davranışları, onlara profesyonellik geliştirmelerine ve uygulamalarına yardımcı olacak uygun lisans eğitimi sağlamak için incelenmelidir.
Amaç: Hemşirelik öğrencileri arasında profesyonel tutum ve liderlik davranışlarını incelemek ve tanımlamaktır.
Yöntemler: Araştırmanın evrenini 2018-2019 eğitim öğretim yılında bir üniversitenin tüm hemşirelik öğrencileri (N=382) oluşturmuştur. Örneklemi 311 gönüllü öğrenci oluşturmuştur. Veriler, demografik özellikler formu, Öğrenci Hemşireleri için Mesleki Tutum Ölçeği (IPASN) ve Gençlik Liderlik Nitelikleri Ölçeği (YLQS) kullanılarak toplanmıştır.
Bulgular: Katılımcıların yaş ortalaması 20.13±1.56 yıl idi. Katılımcıların %81.4'ü kadın, %59.2'si Anadolu lisesi mezunudur. Katılımcıların ortalama IPASN ve YLQS puanları sırasıyla 65.03±15.90 ve 3.80±0.75 idi. “İşbirliği” (16.96±5.41) ve “komitelerde çalışma” (4.66±2.13) alt ölçeklerinde sırasıyla en yüksek ve en düşük IPASN puanlarına sahipler. YLQS puanları sırasıyla “güvenmek ve güvenilir olmak” (3,98±0,84) ve “iletişim kurabilme” (3,49±0,87) alt ölçeklerinde en yüksek ve en düşük puanlara sahiptir. IPASN “işbirliği” puanı ile YLQS toplam ve alt ölçek puanları arasında zayıf pozitif korelasyon vardı (r=.177 - .290; p<0.01).
Sonuç: Katılımcıların IPASN puanları düşük ancak YLQS puanları yüksekti. Ayrıca, IPASN “işbirliği” puanı ne kadar yüksek olursa, YLQS puanı da o kadar yüksek olur. Sonuçlar, lisans eğitiminin hemşirelik öğrencilerinin profesyonellik ve liderlik nitelikleri geliştirmelerine yardımcı olmak için etkileşimli öğretim yöntemleri ile liderlik, işbirliği ve iletişime odaklanması gerektiğini göstermektedir.
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