Student Nurses Perception on the Socio-Economic, Environmental and Psychological Factors and how they Affect Academic Achievement in School of Nursing, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria

Abstract

This study was undertaken to investigate the student nurse’s perception on the socio- economic, environmental and psychological factors and how they affect academic achievement in School of Nursing, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto. The training and academic performance of student nurses is the crux to having competent polyvalent nurses in the healthcare delivery system. A descriptive survey using questionnaires and general knowledge test was used to elicit information from a sample of sixty-three (63) respondents statistically drawn using stratified random sampling technique from a population of seventy-five (75) nursing students. Results indicated an overall good academic performance. The significant factors that influence academic achievement as
identified by the respondents were parental income, parent educational level, school basic amenities, school structure, and stress. The study revealed that there is a significant relationship between socio-economic status of parents, school basic amenities and stress with
the academic achievement of the nursing students. Based on the findings, the researchers recommended that students, parents, teachers, administrators, policymakers and the government should make efforts to understand and examine these factors so as to initiate or make the necessary restructuring and interventions needed to revamp the academic performance of the nursing students.