Level of anxiety of nursing students batch 2009 of De La Salle Health Sciences regarding their first exposure in the medical intensive care unit of De La Salle University Medical Center
Date of Completion
2008
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Keywords
Anxiety, Clinical Competence, Intensive Care Units, Nursing
Abstract
The non-experimental descriptive method of research was used in this study. The respondents of this study were taken from the students rotated and exposed in De La Salle University Medical Intensive Cae Unit for their first clinical exposure. All of the 3rd year nursing students Batch 2009 assigned at the Medical Intensive Care Unit served as the respondents regardless of their section. This sampling technique is the purposive sampling. The instrument used in this study is adopted from the research instrument used by Acenas et al., (2002). The following statistical treatments were used: frequency distribution, percentage, mean, t-test and One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The study concluded that, 1) Majority of the respondents were female, Catholic, eldest child, assigned at the 6:00 am to 2:00 pm and have a GPA of 80 to 83; 2) The nursing students of De La Salle Health Sciences Institute have a moderate anxiety level in the first clinical exposure in Medical Intensive Care Unit; 3) There is a significant difference affecting the level of anxiety of nursing students of De La Salle Health Sciences Institute Batch 2009 in their first clinical exposure in De La Salle University Medical Center Medical Intensive Care Unit when grouped according to gender. While on the other hand, there is no significant difference affecting the level of anxiety of nursing students of De La Salle Health Sciences Institute Batch 2009 in their first clinical exposure in De La Salle University Medical Center Intensive Care Unit when the respondents are grouped according to religion, ordinal position, time of shift and GPA
APA Citation
Juan, U. A., Jamon, L. M., Nagrampa, J. A., Ong, R. G., Pena, A. P., San Miguel, M. M., & Tuason, J. M. (2008). Level of anxiety of nursing students batch 2009 of De La Salle Health Sciences regarding their first exposure in the medical intensive care unit of De La Salle University Medical Center. [Bachelor's thesis, De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute]. GreenPrints. https://greenprints.dlshsi.edu.ph/bsn/655/