A Scaling Study for the Department of Nursery at Anatolian Health Vocational High School Students Competence Perceptions of Area/Section Courses

Esra EMİNOGLU OZMERCAN

Nursing is considered to be an important place in the health system and it is the only health disciplines in all dimensions which healthy/sick individuals are handled as a whole. Nurses assume responsibility for all the life stages of people’s from birth to their death. The aim of this study is to determine the Department of Nursery at Anatolian Health Vocational High School 12^th grade students’ competence perceptions on area/section courses which take part at Ministry of National Education framework of instructional programs. This study is important to give some information about students’ competence perceptions of area/section courses. This study was conducted with volunteer of 119 students from a state Anatolian health vocational high school located in Marmara region in Turkey. Data which have been taken according to paired comparison method were scaled. As a result students perceive the competence at the course of First Aid and Emergency Care and they do not perceive the competence at the course of Pharmacology.