A Study on Life Skills of Undergraduate Nursing Students Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Surin

Abstract

The aims of this descriptive study were to determine the life skills disposition of undergraduate nursing students according academic level. Samples were 385 nursing students from four academic levels. All students were studying at Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Surin. Data were collected by general information sheets and life skills scale which was developed by Sakol Chareonsri. Descriptive statistics were applied to describe the findings and univariate general linear model analysis were applied to determine the difference on life skills between sex and academic levels. Overall, the mean score of life skills were at the high level for the first year through the fourth-year students(M = 3.92, SD = .39), with this highest mean scores was social followed by emotional coping skills (M = 3.95, SD = .40; M = 3.92, SD = .47 consecutively).Considered mean score for each academic levels, year 1 has the highest means score (M=4.03, SD = .38), followed by year 2 (M=3.90, SD = .38), year 3 (M=3.86, SD = .39). Fourth year students show the lowest means score on life skills (M=3.85, SD = .39). Moreover, there was a statistically significant relationship between life skills and level of study (F=3.254, p=.022). There was not a statistically significant different in life skills for those who have different sex (F=.017, p=.896) and there was no interaction between class and sex (F=1.031, p=.379).