Variables affecting the academic and social integration of nursing students.
This study attempted to analyze the variables that influence the academic integration of nursing students. The theoretical model presented by Leigler was adapted to the existing conditions in a school of nursing in northern Israel. The independent variables included the student's background; amount of support received in the course of studies; extent of outside family and social commitments; satisfaction with the school's facilities and services; and level of social integration. The dependent variable was the student's level of academic integration. The findings substantiated four central hypotheses, with the study model explaining approximately 45% of the variance in the dependent variable. Academic integration is influenced by a number of variables, the most prominent of which is the social integration of the student with colleagues and educational staff. Among the background variables, country of origin was found to be significant to both social and academic integration for two main groups in the sample: Israeli-born students (both Jewish and Arab) and immigrant students.
Zeide School of Nursing, Bnei-Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel. iris1zo@012.net.il
Iris
I
Zeitlin-Ophir
Osnat
O
Melitz
Rina
R
Miller
Pia
P
Podoshin
Gustavo
G
Mesh
D000069:Acculturation; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004522:Educational Status; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D015279:Organizational Culture; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D012951:Socialization; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires