Factors Affecting Nursing Students’ Motivation to Success and Its Relation to Their Satisfaction and Retention in Bachelor Nursing Program

Abstract

Baccalaureate nursing programs are under increased pressure to graduate greater numbers of students to meet the demands of the nurse workforce of the future. Motivation plays an invaluable part for the explanation of causes of behavior, predicting effects of actions, and directing behavior to achieve goals. Student motivation is an essential element that is necessary for quality education. Baccalaureate nursing students who are unsuccessful in their nursing program wastes faculty and student time and drain university resources. The motivational field is an area needs further investigation because of enhancing student motivation to continue and progress is a key aspect to accomplishing future academic outcomes. Therefore, the current study aims to identify factors that affecting nursing students’ motivation to success and its relation with their satisfaction and retention. A descriptive correlation design was used in this study. The study was conducted at Faculty of Nursing at King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia. The total number of students who participated in the study was 144 students from different academic levels except level three. Four tools were used for data collection namely': Nursing Student Learning Motivation Scale (NSLMS), Nursing Students Professional Satisfaction (NSPS), Nursing students' Retention Questionnaire (NSRQ), and Open-ended Questionnaire. A major finding of this study there was a statistical positive relation between nursing students' motivational factors and their retention in bachelor program. And majority of students reported that most intrinsic motivational factors is interesting and indispensable nursing profession and they reported that willingness to work with those who will motivate them and enthusiasm of the class on the whole as extrinsic motivational factors. And the majority of students' not satisfied with clinical experience Also, the common obstacles affecting nursing students' retention in their program was a financial resource is not adequate & and followed by not enthusiasm of the class on the whole and no academic preparation to succeed in the nursing program. It is recommended that developing strategies that enhance nursing students' motivation to success in bachelor program and improving satisfaction for clinical experiences.

Keywords: Nursing education, Nursing students, Bachelor of Science in Nursing , Motivation factors, Students' satisfaction, Grade Point Average, Students' retention