Perceived Anxiety and Self-Confidence among Undergraduate Nursing Students During Clinical Practice in Selected Colleges Providing Nursing Studies in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2023.
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2023
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Background:.Anxiety is described as a sensation of impending dread and a connection of
emotions in circumstances that cause anxiety because a bad thing could happen, while also taking
into account one's perception of one's abilities. Self-confidence is the belief and feeling of
confidence in one's abilities and capabilities to plan and carry out the courses of action necessary
to achieve goals.
Objective: To assess perceived anxiety and self-confidence among undergraduate nursing
students during clinical practice in selected colleges providing nursing studies in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia 2023.
Methods: A institutional-based cross-sectional study design was employed to assess perecived
anxiety and self-confidence among undergraduate nursing students during clinical practice. 293
students were enrolled. Six nursing colleges were selected by simple random sampling technique.
The students were chosen by a simple random sampling method from each college proportionally.
Data was collected using a self-administered semi-structured questionnaire through NASC-CDM.
It was entered into Epidata 4.6 and then exported to SPSS version 26.0 for final analysis. Bivariate
analysis at a P-value of 0.25 and multivariate analysis at a P-value of 0.05 was applied.
Result: A total of 275 students participated in this study. The proportion of perceived good self-
confidence of nursing students during clinical practice was 49.1% and for perceived anxiety was
46.9%. The sex of the students, the thinking of clinical instructors were prepared well during
clinical attachments, think of the shortage of staff in the hospital affect clinical learning, and the
perceived self-confidence of nursing students were significant predictors of the perceived anxiety
of the students. The students who had poor perceived self-confidence were 5 times more likely to
be more anxious than those having good perceived self-confidence
Conclusion and recommendation:. This research strongly recommends that students should be
motivated and evaluated regularly for anxiety and self-confidence during clinical practice.
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Perceived anxiety, Perceived self-confidence, Nursing students, Clinical practice, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.