In the world of today where knowledge is increasing rapidly and science and technology define steady changes to human life, it is noticed that humans permanently need to enhance themselves in both their professional and social lives. In occupational and career development after formal education, particularly for the aim of being able to adapt to change, education and lifelong learning has become an essential. Students are groups that are expected to have a high level of reading habits, which is among the individual and social progress criteria. Therefore, the judgment of reading habits of students is considered significant in both areas they need and in their self-developments throughout their lives.
Arise from an objective of reading from each reader are different, reading habits are also different too. So, research has released a study on reading habits. For example, Physicians reading and writing practices: a cross-sectional study from Civil Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan of Muhammad Farhan Khaliq, corresponding author Muhammad Muslim Noorani, Uzair Ahmed Siddiqui, and Maheen Anwar which study about determine the behavior of physicians regarding medical literature reading and participation in research activities at one of the largest teaching hospitals in Pakistan.
To developing countries to advance prosperity requires personnel who are competent which from reading. In the near future, students are important personnel for the propelling country. Nurses are also an important personnel. Consequently, the researchers see beyond the importance of reading habits that is the important role for education and daily life of sophomore nursing students at Faculty of Nursing Mahidol University. How difference in sophomore nursing students at Faculty of Nursing Mahidol University or difference from person in other faculties or other vocations? That they maybe lead to more understand and know themselves for developing theirs by reading.