SELF-EFFICACY OF TYTANA NURSING STUDENTS AS HEALTH EDUCATORS AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS TO THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS

INTRODUCTION
Patient education aimed at preventing diseases, promoting positive health, and incorporating the physical, mental, and social aspects of learning needs. In light with this, nurses must have a strong background, grounded on theories and evidence-based practice, in conducting health education among the public. The purpose of patient education is to increase the competence and confidence of patients for self-management. Family is considered to be a unit of care because the family is a group of people that regenerates, prevents and corrects health problem. The learning of the nursing students in the clinical area can be applied in their own family by sharing their experiences to them thru health education. The purpose of the study was to know the relationship between self-efficacy of Tytana nursing students and their effectiveness to their family members. More so, the researchers STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM also aimed to find out if the health education of the Tytana nursing are grounded theories and concepts learned The students study sought to answeron the following questions: through experiences. 1. What their is the level of 2. How effective are 3. Is there a significant efficacy of Tytana nursingthe Tytana nursing relationship student respondents as students as health between the health educators as educators to their self-efficacy of perceived by themselves family members in Tytana nursing in terms of: terms of: students and 1.1. Performance 2.1. Perceived the perception Accomplishments? Susceptibility? of the family 1.2. Vicarious 2.2. Perceived members on Experience? Severity? Theoretical framework their 1.3. Verbal 2.3. Perceived effectiveness as Persuasion? Benefits? health 1.4. Emotional 2.4. Perceived Banduras Self Efficacy Theory (1986) educators? Arousal? Barriers? Performance accomplishments - describes the act of the nursing student who performed health education accurately, skilfully and knowledgeably. Vicarious Experiences - explained as a secondhand experienced of the nursing student. The second source of knowledge is knowledge gained through some means (hearing, reading, observing) other than the own direct experience of the nursing student. Verbal Persuasion - covers the deliberate attempt on the part of a nursing student to influence the attitudes or behavior of a family member so as to achieve some predetermined end Emotional Arousal - refers to a nursing students state of emotion especially with regard to pleasure or dejection about their health.

METHODOLOGY
Research Design: Quantitative, Descriptive-Correlational Non-Experimental Design Sample and Sampling Technique: Purposive Sampling Technique Criteria for Nursing Student Respondent: enrolled to BSN curriculum in Manila Tytana Colleges in academic year 2012-2013 third year regular or irregular nursing students and currently enrolled in NCM 104 and NCM 105 living with their family in the following cities: Paranaque, Las Pinas, Pasay, Makati and Taguig willing to participate in the conduct of the study Criteria for Nursing Student Respondent: living with the nursing student respondent willing to participate in the study Research Instrument and Technique: Two validated self-made questionnaire Nursing Student Respondent Questionnaire: composed of 20 questions which are under the four different categories performance accomplishments, vicarious experiences, verbal persuasions, and emotional arousal where each category has five questions under it. Family Member Respondent Questionnaire: composed of 20 questions with a total of five questions each under the RESULT DATA GATHERING criteria of perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, PROCEDURE Consent letter was sent to the and the items in and perceived barriers theresult questionnaire were separated The of the study showed academic director for the accordingly per category. that in terms of performance conduct of the study Statistical Treatment: Average Weighted Mean and Pearson r Correlation accomplishment (M=3.50) and vicarious Request letter for the master list Coefficient of students enrolled in NCM 104 experiences (M=3.57), the nursing &105 was sent to IT Department student showed high efficacy in of MTC providing health education to their family Two sets of questionnaire were members. On the other hand, in terms validated by the experts in the of verbal persuasion (M=3.58) and aspect of health education emotional arousal (M=3.45), the Tytana Pilot Testing nursing students performed health education to their family members with Questionnaire Reliability Test: Cronbachs = 0.872 (high efficacy. internal consistency) Overall, the Tytana nursing students provided health education to 150 student respondents were their family members with efficacy. In chosen based on criteria. terms of the family members perceived susceptibility (M=3.68) and perceived The researchers were grouped in five and went to the house of the barriers (M=3.51), the Tytana nursing respondents students showed high efficacy in Two sets of questionnaire providing health education. On the other were given and explained to the respondents: hand, the family members perceived (1) Nursing Student Respondent severity (M=3.47) and perceived questionnaire benefits (M=3.49), the Tytana nursing (2) Family Respondent The researchers have ensured student showed efficacy in providing questionnaire that a one-on-one health CONCLUSION health education. In conclusion, the education was provided by the Tytana nursing students are very nursing student respondent to the The following are the specific conclusions corresponding family member effective health educators to their family of the study: respondent members. Collection of the answered 1.Tytana nursing students provided health The researchers concluded that questionnaire education to their family members with when the students provided health efficacy. Tallying, Analysis, Interpretation education with efficacy, then the family and 2.Tytana nursing students are very members will perceive them as effective Presentation of Data effective health educators to their family health educators (p = 0.001). members. 3.If the students provided health education RECOMMENDATION with efficacy, then the family members will Tytana nursing students must beperceive taught about and emotional themsocial as effective health competence to increase the self-efficacy in terms of emotional arousal. educators. Tytana nursing students must improve their knowledge and skills in performing first aid actions in order to heighten the self-efficacy of the Tytana nursing student in performing health education in terms of the family members perceived severity. Vicarious experiences must be enhanced therefore application of the knowledge of the nursing student in the actual set up helps and enhances the mastery of the Tytana nursing student in performing health education. Manila Tytana College of Nursing must incorporate and emphasized in the subject of Teaching Strategies in Health Education the significance of

Rosenstocks Health Belief Model

Perceived Benefits - refers to the family members belief that a given treatment will cure the illness or help them to prevent it. Perceived Severity - pertains to a family members assessment of the seriousness of the condition, and its potential consequences. Significance of the study Perceived Susceptibility - refers to a family members subjective perception of the risk of acquiring an illness or Nursing Students Family members disease. It help them know what a They will be able to receive will Perceived Barriers - refers to family members are the expectations of their improved, complete, assessment of the influences an that facilitate or discourage friends and family members updated and thorough health adoption of the promoted healthy behavior and enhances and they will be able to education from the nursing individuals life. Researchers improve their capability of students. this study will benefit the becoming an effective health Professors & Clinical researchers to know how educator. Instructors the respondents conduct As they are considered by health education among the nursing students as the their family members with number one source of proper guidance of what information, this study will make they learned inside the them aware that their students classroom and are also health educators and experiences gathered in that they must develop an the clinical area grounded operational strategy to help their