Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
JOURNAL OF NURSOLOGY , cilt.25, sa.4, ss.261-267, 2022 (ESCI)
Objective: This study was conducted to determine the relationship between nursing students’ university quality of life and their individual innovativeness.
Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted with 402 student nurses studying in the nursing department of a university located in the northeast of Turkey between April and May 2019. “Descriptive Characteristics Form,” “Individual Innovation Scale in Nursing,” and “University Quality of Life Scale” were used to collect data. Data were analyzed using arithmetic means, standard deviation, skewness and kurtosis coefficients, t-test in independent groups, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), Welch ANOVA when group variances were not homogenous, Bonferroni for Post Hoc analyses and corrlation analysis.
Results: The mean score on the Individual Innovation Scale of the nursing students included in the study was 62.25 ± 7.85, and the innovativeness level was found to be “low.” In the University Quality of Life Scale of the students, the mean scores were 18.32 ± 4.23 from the faculty–student communication sub-dimension, 13.17 ± 4.09 from the identity sub-dimension, 15.30 ± 2.68 from the social opportunities sub-dimension, 17.63 ± 3.63 from the participation in the decisions sub-dimension, 12.60 ± 2.56 from the student–student communication sub-dimension 10.10 ± 2.39 from the future sub-dimension, and 13.41 ± 2.47 from the classroom environment subdimension. It was revealed that there was a positive correlation between the Individual Innovation and University Quality of Life Scale scores of the participants. A significant increase was found (P < .001).
Conclusion: It was found that there was a positive and good correlation between the Individual Innovation and University Quality of Life Scale scores of nursing students, and a statistically significant increase was found in the University Quality of Life Scale score as the Individual Innovation levels increased.