Professional Attitudes among Nursing Students at Al-Hasahisa College of Medical Sciences and Technology, Sudan: A Cross-Sectional Study

• Susan Ali Zroog

  Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Omar Al-Mukhtar University, Libya

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• Abdelhakam Hassan Ali

  Department of Microbi-ology, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Uni-versity of Al-Butana, Ruffaa, Sudan

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• Fatima Alhag Ahmed

  Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Omar Al-Mukhtar University, Libya

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• Sabah Hasan Lamlom

  Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Omar Al-Mukhtar University, Libya

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Nurses' professional attitudes begin to develop as soon as they start their nursing education and are usually fully developed by the end of their studies. To assess professional attitudes among nursing students at Al-Hasahisa College of Medical Sciences and Technology. A descriptive cross-sectional study included 140 nursing students from the second, third and fourth academic years. Data were collected using the Instrument of Professional Attitude for Student Nurses (IPASN) scale. Data were analyzed using SPSS. The total IPASN score among nursing students was found to be 54.56 ± 8.44. Based on the predefined scoring classification of the IPASN scale, this score falls within the low range (28–65), indicating a low level of professional attitudes among the study participants. Overall, no statistically significant differences were found in the mean total IPASN score according to age, sex, academic year, or marital status (p > 0.05). The study concluded that the nursing students demonstrated a low level of professional attitudes, as reflected by the total IPASN score.

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