title: Epistemological beliefs and the Self-efficacy Scale in nursing students.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Epistemological beliefs in their most general form define an individual's subjective beliefs about what knowledge is and how knowing and learning occur.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To investigate epistemological beliefs and the Self-efficacy Scale in nursing students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective survey study.
  
  
  METHODS
  University School of Nursing.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nursing students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Outcome parameters included Nurses' Descriptive Characteristics Data Form, Epistemological Beliefs Questionnaire and Self-efficacy Scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  As for the subscales of epistemological beliefs, Effort Subscale was 38.89 ± 11.62, Ability Subscale was 24.02 ± 6.19 and Unchanging Truth Subscale was 30.65 ± 5.74. Total score of the self-efficacy subscales was 74.39 ± 13.59. It has been determined that the majority (60.8%) of nursing students have chosen the nursing profession willingly, 82.8% of them like the nursing profession and 59.8% of students have a good perception of their own academic achievements.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Understanding student's epistemological beliefs, trying to improve them and creating suitable learning environments for the development of self-efficacy should be the aim of an education that values individual differences.
authors: Department of Education Nursing, Ege University Faculty of Nursing, Izmir, Turkey.
authors: Fatma
authors: F
authors: Orgun
authors: Department of Nursing, Trakya University Faculty of Health Sciences, Edirne, Turkey. Electronic address: banukaraoz@gmail.com.
authors: Banu
authors: B
authors: Karaoz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D011446:Prospective Studies; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Epistemological beliefs; Nurses; Nursing students; Self-efficacy Scale