The Relationship Between Student's Self Esteem and Problem Solving Abilities at Benha and Ain Shams Technical Institute of Nursing

Abstract

Nursing students should be prepared in their areas of education to practice their abilities in problem solving which increase their self esteem. Aim of the study: The aim of the study was assessing self-esteem among nursing students at Technical Institute of Nursing at Benha and Ain Shams University through: identifying nursing students knowledge about problem solving at Technical Institute of Nursing at Benha and Ain Shams University, measuring nursing students problem solving abilities at Technical Institute of Nursing at Benha and Ain Shams University, also investigating the relation between students problem solving abilities and their self-esteem at Technical Institute of Nursing at Benha and Ain Shams University. Design: Cross-sectional analytical study was utilized to conduct the study .Setting: The study was conducted at Benha and Ain Shams Technical Institute of Nursing .The study sample: composed of 285 nursing students as: 210 students from Benha University and 75 students from Ain Shams University were recruited for the study. Tools of data collection: Three tools were utilized for data collection of this study; problem solving knowledge questionnaire sheet composed of 21 multiple choose questions, problem solving abilities questionnaire sheet composed of six groups of questions and self –esteem scale composed of 20 items divided into three sub-scales. Results: The study findings revealed that the majority of students (74.4%) were having unsatisfactory total knowledge of problem solving, less than two thirds (61.4 %) having total adequate problem solving ability and slightly less than half of the nursing students (48.1%) were having high self esteem. Conclusion: There was statistically significant positive correlation between problem solving knowledge and abilities, also there was statistically significant positive correlation between nursing student's self esteem and their problem solving abilities. The study recommended: Technical Institutes of Nursing should adopt problem solving educational approach with training teachers in its application and students need more support and practice to increase their abilities, skills and increasing their self esteem which needs some consideration. Further research is suggested to assess the effectiveness of improving problem solving abilities of nursing students on their self esteem.