Nursing Students Attitude Towards Self-Care Management

Abstract

Self-care management has become a theoretical discussion among health professional and
students. As a result of its importance, the International Council for Nurses has incorporated
it in their standard of competence. Self-care encourages health and is a fundamental value of
the scope and standards of practice. Nursing students are advised to have proper self-care. This
study looked into the self-care management practices of nursing students at the Adventist
University of the Philippines and how they align with the institutional outcomes. This
quantitative study conveniently samples 47 nursing students as respondents. The study adopted
the Circle of Human Potential ' questionnaire by Dossey and Keegan (2009), which assessed
self-care management in the areas of physical, relationship, emotional, spiritual, mental, and
choice. The application fo SPSS 23 was used for the descriptive and T’Test analysis as
demanded by the research questions. The results of the study revealed that there is a positive
self-care management attitude among nursing students. The ranked of self-care management
from highest to the least in the order of spiritual, mental, emotional, relational, choice, and
physical assessments. It further revealed that there was no significant difference in self-care
management when considering the gender of the students. The outcomes of the study were in
accordance with the AUP institutional outcomes of spirituality, critical thinking, professional
expertise, service, health and wellness, and positive attitude. The study recommends that
nursing students keep up with their positive self-care management.