Christian College of Nursing, Neyyoor & Post, Kanyakumari Dist, Tamil Nadu
Nursing has been called as the oldest of the arts and youngest of the profession. Nursing is a service oriented profession and nurses are regarded as "care professionals". Generally, it was assumed that nursing did not need an education to the level that of other health profession and nursing was kept at lower level in the administration setup. But now the thought about nursing is entirely different and also recognition and placement of nursing is entirely positive. Higher secondary education is the turning point of students’ life and the students are kept in a position to choose their future career. If this category of students are given adequate information regarding nursing, many can select nursing as a career without confusion and the profession can flourish in future. So, it is the responsibility of the nursing personnel to impact knowledge regarding nursing profession among school students. The aim of the study was to assess the knowledge and attitude of higher secondary school students regarding Nursing Profession in a selected school in Kanyakumari District, South India. A descriptive study design was adopted for the study. Data were collected from 100 students studying in 11th standard. The study showed that 60% of the students had moderately adequate knowledge and 90% of them had unfavorable attitude towards nursing profession.
Nursing Profession, Care Professionals, Higher Secondary Education, School Students, Nourishing
