The purpose of this study was to determine the Bachelor Science of Nursing (BSN), studentââ?¬â?¢s perceptions\nof the quality of nursing courses taught at Palestine College of Nursing (PCN), which were\nfundamentals of nursing course, adult nursing course, pediatric nursing course, maternity nursing\ncourse, community nursing course, mental health and psychiatric nursing course and nursing\nmanagement and leadership course, and its relationship with their academic achievement. The\nPalestine College of Nursing is governmental and Ministry of Health (MOH) affiliated. The sample\nincluded 467 nursing students registered in the college who studied the previously mentioned\nnursing courses. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire developed by the\nresearcher, and guided by literature. That was to assess the included nine quality dimensions of\nthe nursing courses as perceived by the students. Content validity and reliability tests were done\nfor the tool. The study revealed that the total studentsââ?¬â?¢ perceptions of the quality of all nurses\ncourses were within average quality level (80.42%). The nursing management course and community\nhealth nursing course were of the first two ranks of high quality level (84.54%, and\n84.48%, respectively), where mental health and psychiatric nursing course, fundamentals of\nnursing course, adult health nursing course, pediatric nursing course and maternity health nursing\ncourse were the next ranks of average quality level. The study revealed that studentsââ?¬â?¢ perceptions\nof seven dimensions from nine were with average quality level (80.50%). The first rank was\nthe ââ?¬Å?teacher/instructor characteristics and attributesââ?¬Â, dimension of high quality level (84.44%),\nwhile the last rank was ââ?¬Å?teaching methodologyââ?¬Â dimension of average quality level (77.54%).\nThere was a positive relationship between studentsââ?¬â?¢ achievement and the coursesââ?¬â?¢ quality dimensions,\npertaining objectives of the course, contents of the course, teacher/instructor competencies,\nteacher characteristics, teaching methodology, students/teacher interaction and course evaluation.\nThe study recommended improving the quality of nursing courses for better level and to improve\nthe quality of some dimensions like using different teaching strategies, the quality of clinical\nsettings, and improve the quality of nursing instructors in some clinical areas. Finally the researcher recommend for further studies about concerning quality in nursing education.
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