A Study to Assess the Adjustment Problems Faced by the 1stYr Basic B. Sc. Nursing Students of Selected Colleges of Nursing in City

The aim of this study to assess the adjustment problems faced by the 1st years Basic B. Sc. Nursing students. Material and Methods: The researched adopted the descriptive approach with Descriptive research design in which investigator evaluate the adjustment problems faced by the 1styr Basic B. sc. Nursing students of selected colleges of nursing in city. The sample size comprised of 207 1st year Basic B. Sc nursing student who met the inclusion criteria. Data were collected Rating scale on adjustment problem faced by the 1st years Basic B. sc. Nursing student. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. In that Chi-square test for association of adjustment problems with their demographic variables. Result: The results of this study showed that the majority of 99 (47.82%) having moderate level of adjustment problem followed by 63 (30.43%) has low level of adjustment problem and 45 (21.73%) has high level of adjustment problem. There is a positive correlation between the Academic adjustment V/s psychological adjustment (0.70), Academic adjustment v/s Economic Adjustment (0.61), Academic adjustment v/s Social adjustment (0.77), Psychological adjustment v/s Economic adjustment (0.47), psychological adjustment v/s social adjustment (0.64) and Economic adjustment v/s social adjustment (0.59). there was significant association between age, Religion, Type of family, Mothers education, Fathers education, Fathers occupation and place of residence and there was no significant association between, Gender, number of siblings, mother?s occupation, monthly family income, is there anyone in nursing profession from your family and leisure time activity with the level of adjustment problems. Conclusion: The findings of the present study indicated that the 1st year Basic. B. sc Nursing student having moderate level of adjustment problems.