Supawadee Krua-Chottikul and Ruchanee Pomthong
Saint Louis College, Thailand
Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Surgery Curr Res
To develop the student nurses�?? competency based on the Thai Qualification Framework for nursing, a study of the students�?? sense of the life congruence is necessary. This descriptive research aimed to examine sense of life congruence and to investigate the correlation of selected factors with the sense of life congruence of student nurses in the faculty of nursing of Saint Louis College. The purposive sampling was collected from October 1-15, 2015 among 350 second to fourth year nursing students. The research instruments comprised a demographic data form, reasoning-oriented child rearing form, instructor social support form, life experience form, and sense of the life congruence form. Reliability of instruments by using Cronbach�??s alpha coefficient was 0.889, 0.895, 0.894, and 0.826 respectively. Data was analyzed by using descriptive statistic, Pearson�??s coefficient of correlation and point bi-serial correlation. The results of this study showed that: The overall mean score of sense of life congruence was at rather high level (X=104.38, S.D=1.30). Factor of academic achievement, reasoning-oriented child rearing and instructor social support had a significantly positive low level in relation with the sense of life congruence (r=167**, 0.318** and 0.181** respectively). Additionally, factors of gender, academic year, family type and life experience were not correlated with the sense of life congruence.
Supawadee Krua-Chottikul has completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Chiang Mai University, Thailand and Master’s degree in Education from Chulalongkorn University. During 1976–2013, she was an instructor in the field Antenatal Care and Postpartum Care at Faculty of Nursing, Navamindhadhiraj University. Now, she is Head of Maternal Nursing and Midwifery Department of Faculty of Nursing, Saint Louis College, Thailand.
Email: supawadee.k@slc.ac.th
