Educational Environment versus Nursing Students' Self- Esteem at Technical Institute of Nursing

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Nursing Administration department - Faculty of Nursing -Ain Shams University.

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Background: Nursing students in their educational environment develop more personal and
social self-esteem. Aim: was to assess the relationship between educational environment and
nursing students' self-esteem at the technical institute of nursing in Ain shams University. Design: a
descriptive correlational design. Subjects: a sample of 268 students in first and second years.
Tools: The data collected using two self-administered questionnaire sheets to assess students' self
esteem and their opinions regarding educational environment. Results: The study findings revealed
that the nursing students in the study setting have high agreement upon poor educational
environment regarding services and activities are provided by administration of institution (63.4%),
relationship between students and institution administration (48.9%), the skills laboratories (45.5%),
and classrooms (41.4%). The majority have moderate self- esteem (80.2%), which is not influenced
by socio-demographic characteristics of nursing students. Conclusion: Agreement upon educational
environment is correlated to nursing students' self-esteem. Recommendations: The study
recommends that improvement the relationship between students and institution administration
through periodic meeting to improve psychological environment and students' self-esteem.

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