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Nesrin İlhan1, Özge Sukut2, Latife Utaş Akhan3
1School of Nursing, Halic University, Beyoğlu, İstanbul, Turkey.
Background:
The nurse education program affects many aspects of personal development. Nursing students gain skills in critical thinking and analysis and also develop communication and management skills. The four-year program may also have an effect on students' assertiveness and self-esteem.
Objectives:
This study was conducted to determine the impact of the four-year higher nursing school educational program on students' self-esteem and assertiveness.
Design:
Descriptive longitudinal design.
Setting:
The study took place at a Foundation University in Istanbul, Turkey over the period 2006-2010. The students' levels of self-esteem and assertiveness were assessed at the beginning and end of the first, second, third and fourth years of the program.
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