Whole-Person Development of Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Multi-University Study
Cruz J.P. Alquwez N. Alshammari F. Alabdulaziz H. Alsharari A.F. Alqahtani F.M. Tork H.M.M. Almazan J.U.
2022Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Nursing Education Perspectives
2022#43Issue 4E26 - E31 pp.
AIM This study examines how nursing students in Saudi Arabia view their holistic development during university study and the association between their perceptions and academic performance. BACKGROUND Holistic nursing education fosters broad development and emphasizes students cognitive, emotional, social, physical, and spiritual potentials. METHOD This descriptive and correlational study utilizes the Whole Person Development Inventory to collect data from 998 student nurses enrolled in six governmental universities in Saudi Arabia. RESULTS The professional dimension recorded the highest mean, followed by the intellectual, spiritual, physical, and psychological dimensions. The social dimension received the lowest overall mean. Intellectual, psychological, social, and spiritual development has an association with high academic performance. CONCLUSION This study encourages policymakers and various stakeholders concerned with nursing education in the country and worldwide to be intentional and systematic in adapting the whole-person development approach in nursing education.
Holistic Education , Nursing Education in Saudi Arabia , Nursing Students , Whole-Person Development
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Department of Medicine College of Medicine, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Nursing Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Shaqra University, Al Dawadmi, Saudi Arabia
College of Nursing, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia
Faculty of Nursing, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
College of Nursing, Jouf University, Sakakah, Saudi Arabia
College of Nursing, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
College of Nursing, Qassim University, Qassim, Saudi Arabia
Department of Medicine College of Medicine
Nursing Department
College of Nursing
Faculty of Nursing
College of Nursing
College of Nursing
College of Nursing
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