Psychological Wellbeing Among Nursing Students
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Abstract
Introduction: The term childhood is nonspecific and can imply a varied range of years in human development. As far as development and biology are concerned. It is a transitional period that requires special attention and protection. Adolescence is one of those vulnerable groups that has a lot of issues. [1,2]. They tend to feel overly emotional (blame it on hormones). Just about anything and everything can make them happy, excited, crazy or angry. Overwhelming emotions can result in impulsive behaviour that can be harmful to your child as well as others. [2,3].
Objectives: Assess the level of psychological wellbeing among nursing students and associate the level of psychological wellbeing with selected demographic variables.
Methodology: Total of 300 students was included in this study. 2nd, 3rd, 4th year B.SC and Diploma Internship and 3rd year nursing students were the samples. A purposive sampling technique was adopted for the study .Psychological Wellbeing was measured by using Ryff’s Psychological Well-being Scale.
Results: 82.7 % of students belong to the age group of 18-20, 97.3% were unmarried and 74.3% were living with both the parents. The data reveals that 59.7% had high psychological well-being and 39.7% had average psychological well-being and 0.6% had very high psychological well-being. There was statistically significant association between the name of the course, living with parents, health status of the parents and health status of the students at p<.05.
Conclusions: The nurse educator should take a lead role in teaching complementary health therapies among nursing students to promote psychological well-being[6,7]. The addition of practical intervention of complementary therapies in the nursing curriculum will help the nursing students to know about these therapies, utilize for themselves and in patient care services [5].