Association Between Nursing Students’ Knowledge and Attitude Toward Fundamentals of Nursing

Background and Objectives: Nursing students look the encounter of developing a wide-ranging thoughtful of and expectations for entering nursing programs, as well as what they will encounter in theoretical situations. Outlines such as the "ways of knowing" help students hypothesize and critically reproduce on significant processes in their specialized learning. Thus, the aim of this study is to assess nursing students knowledge and attitudes toward the fundamentals of nursing.Methods Methodology: A cross-sectional design was conducted among 148 baccalaureate nurse students from 2nd and 3rd stages via an online Google Form survey using a purposeful sampling technique. The response rate was 70.9%, considering a 20% dropout rate. Only 105 participants were included and analyzed using appropriate statistical analysis methods.Results: The findings show a statistically significant <0.0001*) association between knowledge and attitude. The mean age was (23.06 0.92) and were aged < 25 years. The majority of the participants were females and zankoline system mode registration. However, among students with good knowledge (n = 65), the majority (54.29%) also had a good attitude, while only a small percentage (7.62%) showed a poor attitude. In contrast, among students with poor knowledge (n = 40), 26.67% maintained a good attitude, but 11.43% had both poor knowledge and a poor attitude.Conclusions: The study outcomes highlighted a weak positive association between knowledge and attitude among nursing students. Enhancing knowledge through engaging teaching methods and active learning strategies could improve students' attitudes, fostering greater motivation, engagement, and professional commitment in nursing education.