Survey of nursing undergraduate students’self directed learning ability and study on its influencing factors

Tao Dongyan; Jiang He

doi:10.3969/j.issn.10096493.2014.34.012

Abstract：Obj ective:To know about the status quo of self directed learn-ing ability of undergraduate nursing students and its influence factors,so as to provide the evidences for the effective promotion of self directed learning of nursing students.Methods:A total of 276 nursing students from the grade one to five grade in research unit were selected as the research obj ects by using stratified random sampling,undergraduate nursing students self directed learning assessment scale was used for cross sectional survey.Re-sults:The score of self directed learning ability of undergraduate nursing were (233.55±30.72),the dimensions with scores from high to low were interpersonal skills,learning consciousness,learning strategies,learning e-valuation and learning behavior in turn.The total score of five grade nursing students’self directed learning ability in grade five was higher than that of other grades(P<0.05).The approach of knowledge acquisition and the av-erage daily self study time were the significant influencing factors of learn-ing awareness(P<0.01),grade and frequency of going library were the sig-nificant influencing factors of learning behavior(P<0.01),group learning was the significant influencing factors of learning strategies and interper- sonal skills(P <0.01).Conclusion:Undergraduate nursing students have good self directed learning ability,but some aspects still need to be improved. Nursing educators can enhance the self directed learning of undergraduate nursing students according to the related influencing factors of self directed learning and through cultivating learning strategy, stimulating learning motivation,attention to time management approach.