Final-year nursing students' perceptions of humanistic education in nursing: a cross-sectional descriptive study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Humanistic education is an important part of nursing education. Final-year nursing students' perceptions of nursing humanistic education are under-investigated. This study aimed to examined final-year nursing students' perceptions of nursing humanistic education in both school and hospital.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted from May to June 2022 among 107 final-year nursing students with a self-designed questionnaire.

Results

Final-year nursing students recognized the importance of humanistic education, scoring above 4.0 on a 1-5 scale, while their initiative to enhance humanistic qualities was relatively low. Students' satisfaction with the number of humanities courses offered was only 3.7 ± 0.862. Moreover, 62.6% of students b

SUBMITTER: Zhang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11005204 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature