Jane Frances Namatovu, Aloysius Gonzaga Mubuuke, William Buwembo, Janet Nakigudde, Sarah Kiguli
Stakeholder views on continuing professional development for doctors working in public primary care facilities in central Uganda: a qualitative study
The Pan African medical journal
high dropout rate among nursing students become global concern leads shortage nurses one hand negative impact professional motivation nursing students present study conducted investigate effects using nurse selfconcept mobile application nscma retention nursing students present study experimental work research longitudinal design conducted april december 2021 study population secondyear nursing students nursing school south iran randomly divided experimental n 49 control group n 50 assessment based pretestposttest design onemonth followup collected data analyzed spss v 21 using descriptive statistics frequency percentage mean standard deviation analytical statistics repeated measures p value set 005 means students ages grades 2131 243 1530 213 respectively results showed statistically significant increase experimental groups intenttostay mean scores measured three stages p 0029 indicating intervention enhanced nursing students inclination stay nursing programs however changes control groups mean scores statistically significant p 0132 nurse selfconcept mobile application proved effective enhancing nursing students inclination complete education follow career nurse thus essential nursing students education include programs designed enhance students selfconcept especially first years education also nursing schools use software encourage students stay nursing major