Date of Graduation
5-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Degree Level
Undergraduate
Department
Nursing
Advisor/Mentor
Gilmet, Kelsey
Committee Member/Reader
Ballentine, Hope
Abstract
Are future nurses equipped to manage the nursing environment and set an example for their patients through personal health promotion practices? Nursing education can cause significant stress that negatively impacts nursing students’ health behaviors. In addition, the college years are an important period for the development of health habits with long-ranging effects on individuals’ health outcomes. The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether Eleanor Mann School of Nursing Baccalaureate students demonstrate changes in their self health-promoting attitudes and behaviors related to the unique demands of nursing education. A cross-sectional survey format was used to evaluate health behaviors, measured using components of the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile-II (HPLP-II). Results indicate a significant link between health behaviors and age, sex, and diagnosis of a chronic illness or mental illness.
Keywords
Self health-promoting attitudes, self health-promoting behaviors, higher education demands, nursing school
Citation
Leavitt, M. (2021). Baccalaureate Nursing Students’ Personal Health-Promoting Attitudes and Behaviors. The Eleanor Mann School of Nursing Undergraduate Honors Theses Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/nursuht/131