Identity of Nursing Students Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to explore the opinion towards the
character of the nursing students at Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University based on the
Thailand Qualifications Framework of the Higher Education Commission Including:
1) ethics and morals; 2) knowledge; 3) cognitive skills; 4) interpersonal skills and
responsibility; 5) numerical analysis, communication, and information technology skills;
and 6) nursing professional skill. The participants were 240 college staff: nursing
instructors and nursing students. A further 60 persons were health care providers.
The data were collected by using a questionnaire of the character based on
Thailand’s qualification frame work for 6 aspects. The test was examined for content
validity by 3 experts, the Content Validity Index, and α- Cronbach reliability was 0.84.
Data were analyzed by using statistics, such as percentage, means and standard
deviations.
The results revealed that the sample group identified 6 characters were a
good level (mean = 3.83, SD = .62). The top three highest ratings by dimension were:
1) ethics and morals; 2) nursing professional skills; and 3) cognitive skills; (Mean =3.85,
S.D. = 0.66; Mean = 3.84, S.D. = 0.63; Mean = 4.84, S.D. = 0.62), respectively. There
were no statistically significant different levels of character perceptions between the 3
groups.