Assertiveness Level Among Undergraduate and Postgraduate Nursing Students

Abstract

Assertiveness is a healthy way of communicating with others and an important social skill to enhance their well-being. One of the qualities that nursing students are expected to develop is assertiveness, which is the expression of self-esteem that has an impact on people professionally and socially. It enhances honesty and dedication in the nursing practice. The objective of this study was to assess the assertiveness level among nursing students. The Non-experimental-descriptive cross-sectional design was used. A Non-probability simple random sampling technique (Lottery Method) was used to collect the data from undergraduate and postgraduate nursing students who were currently studying at a Nursing college in Bhubaneswar. The sample size was 120. Data collection was done by using a self-structured demographic profile and Rathus assertiveness inventory. The Study results show that 51.66% of students had high Assertiveness as their score was between 15 to + 90 and 48.34% of students had Low Assertiveness as their score was between 14 to -90. The present study concludes that the maximum Nursing student has a high level of assertiveness.