Perception of Teachers and Students Regarding Educational Program in Technical Institutes of Nursing

Abstract

Nursing education draws knowledge from disciplines. The science, humanities, and even the arts are considered important components of nursing curricula. Nursing education currently is witnessing an emphasis on the development of critical thinking, a call for greater creating and innovation in teaching. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the perception of teachers and students regarding educational program in Technical Institutes of Nursing. Descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in the Technical Institutes of Nursing affiliated to the Ministry of Health in Port said, Ismailia, and Suez governorates. Subjects and Methods: The subjects consisted of 50 nursing teachers and 402 nursing students in in five grades. A self-administered questionnaire for teachers and students, and an observation checklist for institution environment were used for data collection. Results: The study revealed that school vision and mission were not clear, with majority of students agreeing upon the recall and understanding levels of the objectives. For nursing subjects, the majority of students and all teachers agreed upon the recall, understanding, and application levels of the objectives. As for affective and psychomotor objectives, there was a majority students' agreement upon all objectives, but for teachers it was very low. Both students and teachers had low agreements upon the sufficiency of practical hours. Field visits were the lowest teaching methods in both groups. The majority of students and teachers perceived student evaluation methods as adequate. Opinions regarding institution environment and services were very low, and by observation, the most deficient facilities were microphones and sound systems, labs, library, and cafeteria. Conclusion: the cognitive objectives are mostly at the recall level, and teachers disagree upon affective and psychomotor objectives. Skills' training time and field visits are insufficient. The use of teaching media and methods are low, and institutions' environment and services are inadequate. It is recommended to forward these findings to nursing institutes and schools to review their curricula, teaching methods and media, as well as field visits and skills' training. The school environment needs serious changes to improve the teaching places and related resources.    

Keywords: Nursing education, perception, curriculum, evaluation.