Self Motivation among B. Sc Nursing Students: A Comparative Study

Learning is facilitated by the intention to learn, plus the development and implementation of a plan to accomplish the goal. Motivation produces the incentive. The nursing field is working to develop evidence-based practice which involves finding, criticizing, and applying evidence in practice. The present study is aimed at assessing self motivation scores among B. Sc Nursing students and compare between the groups. The sample size was 80, twenty students each from first through fourth year were selected using simple random sampling technique. The results showed mean and mean percentage of B. Sc Nursing I year students were 115.85 and 77.23; II year students were 110.90 and 73.93; III year students were 117.25 and 78.16; and IV year students were 108.15 and 72.10 respectively. The comparison between groups was analyzed by ANOVA. F ratio revealed significance at P < 0.05 level and thus it was apparent that each group were different. Analysis on association between self motivation scores and selected demographic variables showed significant association at P <0.05 level.