A descriptive study to assess the level of assertiveness among B.Sc Nursing students studying in Chettinad College of Nursing, Kelambakkam, Kanchipuram district, Tamil nadu, India.

Hakeem .S; Sujatha. N; Mrs. Manjula.T.R

Volume : V, Issue : II, February - 2016

A descriptive study to assess the level of assertiveness among B.Sc Nursing students studying in Chettinad College of Nursing, Kelambakkam, Kanchipuram district, Tamil nadu, India.

Hakeem . S, Sujatha. N, Mrs. Manjula. T. R

Abstract :

 A descriptive study to assess the level of assertiveness among B.Sc Nursing students studying in Chettinad College of Nursing, Kelambakkam, Kanchipuram district, Tamil nadu. The objectives were to assess the level of assertiveness among 1st year B.sc Nursing students and to find out the association between the level of assertiveness and selected demographic variables of 1st year B.se Nursing students. Simple random sampling technique were used with the sample of 30, Modified Assertiveness Inventory was used to assess the assertiveness. The study results revealed that 40% of the samples were little assertive, 57% of the samples were very assertive and only 3% of the samples were completely assertive. So this study shows that only few of the nursing students in the first year of their course were completely assertive and they need assertiveness training to improve their communication skills.