The Perception of Senior High School Students in Banyumas Distric towards Profession And Education of Nursing Bachelor
Abstract: The profession of
Nursing has declared it’s self as an independent profession in National nursing
Workshop in 1983. Nursing profession nowadays is still in the process of
professionalism. One effort to support the professionalism of nursing is by
carried out a bachelor degree of nursing in universities. The student of senior
high school as a row input of bachelor degree of nurse, probably has particular
perception about profession and education of nursing bachelor. The Purpose of
this research was to find out a description about perception of senior high
school students in third grade towards profession and education of nursing
bachelor. This research was using a descriptive method. Populations of research
were all students of senior high school third grade in banyumas district,
annual period of 2005 / 2006. Samples were taken by grade random sampling
according groups proportionally. Instrument that used to measure the perception
was a stuctured questionnaire with likert scale. The instrument was tested for
it’s reliability and validity. Questionnaire composed with 11 items covering
the matter of nursing profession, and 4 items for education of nursing
bachelor. The answer of each items furthermore being counted with percentage.
Each score was divided with the highest score, then the percentage of each item
was consulted with evaluation category by Arikunto (1996). The Result of this
research showed that the perception of senior high school students in banyumas
district towards profession of nurse, was enough (70,7%). Meanwhile, the
perception towards education of nursing bachelor was either enough (71,8%). The
conclusion was that the perception of senior high school at third grade in
yogyakarta district annual period 2005 / 2006 was good enough.
Penulis: Handoyo, Ridlwan
Kamaluddin, Wahyu Ekowati
Kode Jurnal: jpkeperawatandd060023
