Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to investigate the perceptions student nurses have toward
people with disabilities. One hundred and fifteen respondents were polled, including
five tutors, ten preceptors, and 100 third-year student nurses. The study adopted a
descriptive survey design and used a questionnaire as the main instrument for data
collection. Purposive sampling was used for selecting the respondents for the study.
Frequencies and percentages were used to analysed the data. The study's findings
revealed that the care provided to people with disabilities is not always based on the
good attitudes of health professionals. Nurses have diverse views about people with
disabilities. The perception of student nurses toward care provision for persons with
disabilities depends on a number of factors. From the findings, it was recommended
that the College of Community Health Nursing put in efforts to help Students Nurses
(SN) have access to disability-related information and build more practical rooms to
augment teaching and learning in the college. The management of the college should
appropriately allocate courses to competent tutors and preceptors with regular field trips
to help in the practical knowledge acquisition by the student nurses. Community Base
Rehabilitation (CBR) should remain examinable for licensing, and access to online
searching for student nurses. Workshops in relation to special education and disabilities
are periodically organized. Research project work on disability-related topics should be
part of the selected topics for student nurses' final-year projects.
Description:
A thesis in the Department of Special Education,
Faculty of Educational Studies submitted to the school of
Graduate Studies, in partial fulfilment
of the requirements for the award of degree of
Master of Philosophy
(Special Education)
in the University of Education, Winneb