METHOD
The theoretical framework for this study was based on Pender’s health promotion model (1996). Behavior-specific variables within the model, such as perceived barriers to action, may affect a person’s intentions to participate in a particular behavior. Personal factors of nontraditional nursing students as well as perceived barriers to action may directly influence health-promoting behaviors. Real or imagined barriers may have a negative effect on nontraditional students’ ability to engage in health-promoting behaviors. Sample
The study used a cross-sectional, descriptive design. Students enrolled in an associate degree (AD) nursing program at a suburban public college in the northeastern United
States were asked to participate. The program is three years in length, with one year of prerequisite science and general education courses followed by two years of nursing courses. Once enrolled, students must complete the program within four years, and nursing courses must be taken sequentially, without any semester gap in the sequence.
Based on a power of .80 and an alpha of .05, a sample size of 91 was needed. A convenience sample of 143 undergraduate AD nursing students consented to participate in the study. The institutional review board of the college granted approval for the study, and consent was obtained prior to administration of the questionnaires. Confidentiality was assured in both data handling and storage of data.
METHODThe theoretical framework for this study was based on Pender’s health promotion model (1996). Behavior-specific variables within the model, such as perceived barriers to action, may affect a person’s intentions to participate in a particular behavior. Personal factors of nontraditional nursing students as well as perceived barriers to action may directly influence health-promoting behaviors. Real or imagined barriers may have a negative effect on nontraditional students’ ability to engage in health-promoting behaviors. SampleThe study used a cross-sectional, descriptive design. Students enrolled in an associate degree (AD) nursing program at a suburban public college in the northeastern UnitedStates were asked to participate. The program is three years in length, with one year of prerequisite science and general education courses followed by two years of nursing courses. Once enrolled, students must complete the program within four years, and nursing courses must be taken sequentially, without any semester gap in the sequence.Based on a power of .80 and an alpha of .05, a sample size of 91 was needed. A convenience sample of 143 undergraduate AD nursing students consented to participate in the study. The institutional review board of the college granted approval for the study, and consent was obtained prior to administration of the questionnaires. Confidentiality was assured in both data handling and storage of data.
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