By: Daud, Norjanah

Masorong, Jamaloding

College life can be stressful, it is one of the most
unforgettable experience in ones life, and the higher
the level the more difficult the lessons encountered.
Nursing students goal is to have good grades in all
professional, major and minor subjects and do good in
chosen field as reflected in the performance during
duties. Passing the Nursing licensure exam could be
considered as one of the motivation of the nursing
student since having the title as, a Registered Nurse
would pays it all; the sleepless nights, time consuming
and energy wasting long requirements, the ever
enervating duties and expensive tuition.

A motivated student will find it easier to do all the necessary
tasks that need to be done; it will especially allow students
to study a lot more focused and with more concentration.
Being a college student requires a strict self-discipline,
determination and time management, such factors can
contribute a huge impact on students motivation towards
their studies. Student have different abilities, some may
manage their emotions, family problems, or financial
problems without being affected in school while some may
be overwhelmed and distracted to the extent that they
cannot focus during class discussion, quizzes, tests and
exams. Some students might be extremely outgoing that
they intentionally missed some school days just to attend
social gatherings or some might had a hangover after a night
party while some are not really into social gatherings.
According to Webster dictionary (2008) motivation is the
process of starting, direction and maintaining physical and
psychological activities. While Sevilla (1994) states that, it
is the force behind behavior.
Nilsson and Stomberg, (2008) found that nursing
students mainly grade their motivation
positively distributed, and different throughout
their entire education. The main motivation
factor was becoming a nurse. The nursing
students mentioned intrinsic motivation factors
as explanation for their degree of motivation.
Nursing students motivation has proved be
related to the successful outcome of education.
It is important to investigate how nursing
students assess their motivation during their
studies, and to discover what factors are
related to their motivation as well as what
would increase their motivation if necessary.
Nursing students reasons
for choosing an education
in nursing have been
studied earlier and the
results of the different
studies seem to be related
to each other,
independent of culture.

The study aims to determine
the level 4 nursing students
motivation toward their
studies at School of Nursing
at Mindanao Sanitarium and
Hospital College, Tibanga,
Iligan City.











Independent Variable


Dependent Variable

Personal Profile
Age
Gender
Marital
status
Family
income
Nursing students
motivation toward their
studies.
Figure1. Schematic Diagram of the study showing the
interplay of the independent and dependent variables.
The study aims to determine the nursing students motivation towards
their studies at Mindanao Sanitarium and Hospital College, Tibanga
Iligan City.

Specifically, it sought to answer the following questions:

1. What is the personal profile of the respondents in terms of:
1.1 Age
1.2 Gender
1.3 Marital Status
1.4 Family Income ?
2. What is the respondents motivation toward their studies?

3. Is there a significant relationship between the respondents
motivation toward their studies and their personal profile in term of
age, gender, marital status, family income?


The null hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance
were:

Ho1: There are no significant relationships between
the respondents motivation toward their studies and their
personal profile in term of age, gender, marital status, family
income.

The study focus on 90 out of 116 level 4
nursing students motivation toward their
studies regardless of their age, gender, marital
status, and family income, who will be
enrolled for the second semester SY 2012
2013 at Mindanao Sanitarium and Hospital
College, Tibanga Iligan City
The result of this study would provide information
about the nursing students motivation toward their studies. It
will also benefit the following persons:
Nursing Education. The findings of the study will help
the student, clinical and teaching instructor as well as school
administration to know the motivation among nursing students
in their studies, thereby enhancing it to the fullest in order to
reach positive and beneficial goal in their chosen profession.
Nursing Practice. The result of the study will make
them aware about motivation of nursing students toward their
studies which hope will help them prepare for nursing
profession. Thereby helping the students in their clinical
exposure
Future Researchers. This will serve as a guide for
related or similar studies on their particular topic.

CHAPTER 3
RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY

The descriptive-correlation research will be
utilize as research design in the study to
determine the level of nursing students personal
profile such as age, gender, marital status, family
income and their motivation toward their studies.
It also look into if there is a significant
relationship between the respondents personal
profile and their motivation toward their studies.
According to Polit and Beck (2004),
descriptive correlational research describes the
relationship among variables rather than to infer
cause and effect relationship. They further
explained that the purpose of descriptive
research is to observe, describe, and document
aspect of a situation as it naturally occurs.


This study will be conducted at the campus of
Mindanao Sanitarium and Hospital College, barangay
San. Miguel, Iligan City at the back of the Mindanao
Sanitarium and Hospital building where students can
perform their clinical duties. It take only less than a
5 minutes ride from the city proper to reach the
college there are different courses offer in Mindanao
Sanitarium and Hospital College, namely BS
Radiology technology, BS Medical Technology, BS in
Education, Computer service, BS Business
Administration, IT, BS in Pharmacology, this school is
an Adventist institution but most of the students
comprising the school population are non-Adventist
religious group.


The respondents of the study will be
90 out of 116 level four nursing student
regardless of age, gender, marital status,
family income who will be enrolled in the
second semester SY 2012-2013, at Mindanao
Sanitarium and Hospital College.


The systematic sampling method is used in
choosing the participants of the study. Only 90
out of 116 level 4 nursing students who will be
enrolled in the second semester SY 2012
2013, at Mindanao Sanitarium and Hospital
College, Tibanga Iligan City.

The study will be using a 20 item questionnaire;
which consists of two parts. Part I personal profile such
as age, gender, marital status, family income. Part II
16 item motivation statements taken from the study
nursing students motivation toward their studies by
Kerstin EL Nilsson and Margareta I Warren Stomberg,
2008. This includes the following statements the degree of
difficulty/demand on the studies was experienced as too
heavy, engaged or not engaged teacher, stimulating or no
stimulating organization of the program was noticed, the
certificate and the profession frightened or not frightened
the student, having a positive or negative attitude to the
studies, achieving or not achieving a good study results,
having a good or bad life situation, a good or a bad friendship
to fellow-students was experienced.

Motivation scoring for each statement
consists of assessment of their motivation
from a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 is not
motivated at all and 10 is highly motivated.

A request letter asking to conduct a
study will submit to the Dean of the Nursing.
Upon approval of the letter, the list of level 4
nursing students will take from the level 4
coordinator to get 90 respondents out of 116.
Names going check schedule for the
distribution of questionnaire, a letter will
attach to the questionnaire of anonymity.
Explain the purpose and assurance and the
questionnaire will take at 3-5 minutes
answering
The statistical tool includes the following:
1. Frequency and Percentage. These statistical
tools were used to give emphasis on the
respondents profile in terms of year level, age
and gender. The formula is stated below:

Formula:
P= F/n (100)
Where:
P- Percentage
F- Frequency
n- Total number of the respondents


2. Weighted Mean. This tool is used
for to illustrate average of the
respondents data in terms of
knowledge on health assessment.

Formula:
X= x /N
N- Total number of the respondents.

3. Chi-square Test. This is utilize to test for
significant relationship between the respondents
knowledge on Health Assessment and their personal
profile in terms of age, gender and year level.

Formula:
X2 = (Oij-Eij)

Where:
Oij = observed frequency
Eij = expected frequency
V= (C-1) (R-1)
Critical region is X2 >x2 a=0.05