Overview of Self-Efficacy Among Nursing Students

Abstract

Introduction: Self-efficacy in nursing students can affect the clinical and academic learning process. Self-efficacy is an assessment or belief that a person has about their ability to organize and carry out an action. This study aims to describe the self-efficacy of nursing students. Methods: The research design used was non-experimental with a descriptive approach. The population in this study were nursing professional education students of the Faculty of Nursing, University of Jember, with a total sampling of 236 respondents. Results: The results showed that the respondents' self-efficacy obtained the mean and standard deviation (60.75 ± 8.296). In the results of the selfefficacy indicator, the mean and min-max results for levels are 23.96 and 9-32. The mean (18.79) and min-max (7-24) results are obtained on the strength indicator. The generalization indicator's mean (18.02) and minmax (10-24) results are obtained. Conclusion: This study shows that the value of student self-efficacy is still not optimal because students do not fully state that they often have confidence in carrying out and completing the nursing professional education process. Students' self-efficacy needs to be improved by having good relationships with clinical and academic supervisors as role models, asking for verbal persuasion from those closest to them, and practicing activities independently to achieve a certain level of competence.