IDENTIFYING AND PRIORITIZING EFFECTIVE COMPONENTS IN ACADEMIC SATISFACTION, LEARNING AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN NURSING STUDENTS URMIA NURSING FACULTY

With the speed of change in today's world and the changing needs of individuals
Changes in the quantity and quality of health care services are increasing.The nursing profession needs
to be adapted to these changes and is constantly rebuilding in this field. Therefore, recognition of the
factors affecting the educational elements and their importance for solving the existing problems and
the low promotion of the educational process is indispensable. Accordingly, the present study aimed at
"identifying and prioritizing the components of academic satisfaction, learning and educational quality
in nursing students of Urmia Nursing and Midwifery Faculty".
Materials & Method: The research method was a combination of exploratory designs that were used in
the qualitative part of the phenomenological method and in the quantitative part of the descriptive-survey
method.
The statistical population included all undergraduate and postgraduate nursing students and nursing
students, collecting data in a qualitative section in a targeted way and through a semi-structured
interview with eight students, and using the theme-oriented or thematic method. And the factors
affecting the variables were identified. Subsequently, based on the findings of the qualitative section,
three questionnaires were prepared and then verified by three faculty members as well as a supervisor
and their reliability coefficients were calculated through Cronbach's alpha for data collection.At this
stage, a sample of 180 nursing students were selected randomly. Data collected at this stage were
analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics using ssps 22 software.
Results: The findings of the qualitative section showed that from the perspective of students, the factors
of six (individual characteristics, professional qualifications of faculty, educational and research factors,
managerial and administrative, welfare and career factors and occupational and professional factors), on
effective educational satisfaction are; Also, the factors (personal characteristics, educational and
research factors, and welfare facilities) affect students' learning. Finally, factors (individual
characteristics, educational environment, characteristics of professors in the form of professional
qualifications And ethics) are also effective on educational quality. The results of the quantitative section
indicated that among the identified factors, the factor of educational facilities and research has the
greatest impact on academic satisfaction and students' learning. Among the factors affecting the quality
of education, the educational environment and its characteristics, the highest impact and importance Has
enjoyed. On the other hand, there is no significant difference between the viewpoint of male and female
students about the factors affecting the three variables at the level of 5% error (p <0.05).
Conclusion: The educational environment of the university and its facilities have an undeniable impact
on the students' cognitive and psychological characteristics; therefore, monitoring these factors and
examining their importance in promoting the level of educational and research services and the
knowledge and ability of graduates can be very useful.