Academic Advising and its Relation to Nursing Students' Self Efficacy

Abstract

Background: Academic advising is a collaborative relationship between a student and an academic advisor. The intent of this collaboration is to assist the student in the development of meaningful educational goals that are consistent with personal interests, values and abilities which reflected on his/ her self-efficacy. Aims: This study aimed to assess academic advising and its relation to nursing students' self-efficacy. Design: An analytic cross-sectional research design was used in conducting the study. Subject and Method: This study was conducted on a stratified fixed random sample of 200 nursing students enrolled in four academic years in Faculty of Nursing, MTI University in the academic year 2019/2020. Tools were used to collect the necessary data, a structured interviewing questionnaire, Academic Advising Inventory (AAI) and Perceived self-efficacy scale regarding self-efficacy. Results: The study revealed (43.5%) of the nursing students were satisfied with academic advising. While, (71.5%) of nursing students having high level of self-efficacy. Conclusion: The finding of this study concluded that the prescriptive academic advising mode is the most prevailing mode in the study setting. However, students’ satisfaction and self-efficacy are higher with the developmental mode. Recommendations: staff development programs are strongly recommended to train academic advisors in the modes of advising, with emphasis on the merits of the developmental mode. Academic advisors should be provided with sufficient time for advising sessions to be able to provide their students with all their academic needs.