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ISSN Print: 2394-7500, ISSN Online: 2394-5869, CODEN: IJARPF

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Vol. 6, Issue 5, Part A (2020)

A study to assess attitude and perception towards nursing profession among male nursing students

A study to assess attitude and perception towards nursing profession among male nursing students

Author(s)
Shital Parag Tike, Dixit Joshi, Ghanekar Akshata, Mangesh Patidar, Meghana Philip, Pinesh Bhatt and Zalak Patel
Abstract
Objective: To assess the attitude towards nursing profession among male nursing students, to assess the perception towards nursing profession among male nursing students, to find out significance association between the attitude and perception with selected demographic variables among male nursing students towards nursing profession.
Design: Exploratory survey design is used in this study.
Sample: In this study, samples are male nursing students of 1st year to 4th year B.Sc. Nursing of selected nursing colleges where sample size is 90 male nursing students.
Result: This study concludes that male nursing students have an average attitude and perception towards the nursing profession. This also concludes that there is significant association between some demographic variables with attitude and perception. Chi square statistics show association between age, religion, marital status and enrollment in nursing with the attitude of male nursing students. Where the statistical evidence from the study did not shown association between caste, education, locality and family income with attitude of male nursing students. Statistical data also showed association between marital status and education with perception of male nursing students. Where the statistical evidence from the study did not showed association between age, caste, religion, locality, family income, enrollment in nursing with perception of male nursing students towards nursing profession.
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How to cite this article:
Shital Parag Tike, Dixit Joshi, Ghanekar Akshata, Mangesh Patidar, Meghana Philip, Pinesh Bhatt, Zalak Patel. A study to assess attitude and perception towards nursing profession among male nursing students. Int J Appl Res 2020;6(5):08-11.
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