Abstract:
This research is a cross-sectional study with the objectives to assess, among nursing students at Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Srithanya, scholastic achievement ; nursing ethics practice ; the relationships among nursing scholastic achievement, on the one hand, scholastic achievement at high school level and the entrance examination scores, on the other ; and the relationship between the achievement in nursing scholastic and nursing ethiccs followed by the students. The number of samples studied in this research was 173 students : 61 of them were the first year, 51 were the second year, 36 were the third year, and 25 were the fourth year students. There were four instruments used in data collection. These were the analysis form of scholastic achievement at high school level, the analysis form of entrance examination in to nursing program, the analysis form of nursing scholastic achievement, and the questionnaire of nursing ethics practiced by the students. Data were collected from records and by interviewing the students. Results from the study showed that 80.30 percent of the samples had high GPA (GPA = 2.50 or higher) and 19.70 percent had low GPA (GPA less than 2.50). There were no significant differences of the levels of honesty, devotion, politeness, exdurance, and disciplines among students of different classes (Years). However, the lovel of kindness and consideration of senior students (4th year) was significantly lower than that of the first and the third year students (p<.05). the levle of unity and cooperation among senior students was also significantly lower than that of the third year students (p<.05). Sixty seven percent of the samples practiced nursing ethics up to the desired levels (average scores = 2.35 - 3.00), 33 percent moderately followed nursing ethics (average scores = 1.68 - 2.34). It was found that the scholastic achievement at high school level was significantly related to the achievement in nursing foundation courses (p<05). The study did not find any significant relationship among the extrance examination scores and the scholastic achievement in any courses of nursing program and the scholastic achievement at high school level. There were significant relationships among the achievements in general foundation courses, Nursing foundation courses, and professional nursing courses, both in theory and practice. The levels of all nine nursing ethics were significantly related to the scholastic achievement in nursing study only among the second year student (p<.05).