Study of self-esteem of nursing students in a nursing college in Kathmandu

摘要

IntroductionSelf-esteem is an important element of a person in which people with healthyself-esteem perceive themselves as a worthy person. The feeling of worthinesswill influence a person to be confident, manage their work and show respect toothers. The main aim of the study was to study self-esteem and its level to helpbuild confidence and improve learning performance of nursing students of BSN(Bachelor of Science of Nursing) and BN (Bachelor of Nursing) of NepalInstitute of Health Sciences, Jorpati.MethodsIt was a descriptive cross-sectional study consisting of 198 nursing students(112 BN and 86 BSN students) of Nepal Institute of Health Sciences, Jorpati.Convenience sampling technique was used. Data were collected usingRosenberg Self Esteem Scale and analyzed with SPSS v.20.ResultsThe current study found, 95.3 of BSN students had high self-esteem whileonly 4.7 had low self-esteem. It shows there is association (p=0.034) betweenlevel of education and level of self-esteem. Hence BN students had higher selfesteemthan BSN students. The present study also revealed there is correlationbetween age and self-esteem of nursing students (p-value is 0.001), betweenmarital status and self-esteem (p-value is 0.004), between educational leveland self-esteem (p-value is 0.000), and between work experience and selfesteem(p-value is 0.012). The present study found that there is no associationbetween type of family and self-esteem (p-value is 0.962).ConclusionThe present study gave the clear information about the level of self-esteem ofnursing students and factors associated with the level of self-esteem. The study found out that the factors likeage, marital status, educational level and work experience is correlated with the self-esteem of nursingstudents.