NURSING STUDENTS^ PERCEPTIONS OF THE FINAL EXAM: DESCRIPTIVE STUDY
Upik Rahmi, Septian Andriyani, Afianti Sulastri

Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

Abstract

Nursing students who have taken education will carry out a final exam which is limited to determining student graduation and entering the world of work in nursing. The purpose of this study was to determine the readiness of students at the final year of the nursing diploma level in facing the national final exam in Indonesia. The research methodology is descriptive quantitative, taking sample accidental sampling as many as 117 people, the research instrument is a modified Self-Direct Learning Readiness Scale (SDLRS) score. The results of the study, most of the respondents who had a perception about the final exam at the moderate stage (73.5%) were 86 people, high (25.6%) were 30 people and low (0.9%) was 1 person. Conclusion: Nursing diploma level students in Indonesia have sufficient knowledge and skills in facing the final nursing examination.

Keywords: Student, perception, final exam, nursing, diploma

Topic: Nursing and Public Health