Environmental Factors Affecting Self-Development among Nursing Students at College of Nursing under the Jurisdiction of Praboromarajchanok Institute

Abstract

This predictive correlational research aimed to study the correlation and predictive power between environmental factors and self-development among nursing students. The samples were 438 first to fourth years nursing students who studying at nursing colleges under Praboromarajchanok Institute during the first semester of the 2014 academic year. The research instruments were questionnaires included the demographic data, the opinion about the environment in nursing college (reliabilities were .86-.89), and self-development perception of nursing students (reliability was .85). The data collection were conducted from April to May, 2015. Data were analyzed by using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearson correlation, and stepwise multiple regression.

The research results revealed that the environment factors significant positive related to self-development of nursing students consisted of teaching method, classroom atmosphere, classroom discipline, student-lecturer relationship, activity participation, classmate relationship, and physical environment (p < .01). Factors affecting and predicting towards self-development were teaching method, classroom discipline, student-lecturer relationship, activity participation, and classmate relationship and they were able to make a prediction of 49.30%.

This research suggested that the lecturers should use cooperative learning method in sub-group or team learning in order to promote classmate relationship and student-lecturer relationship and arrange the extra-curriculum activities that enhance student-lecturer relationship.