Awareness, Understanding, and Acceptance of Student Nurses of the Vision, Mission, Goals, and Objectives of Benguet State University

Abstract

This article is a report on a study conducted to determine the awareness, understanding, and acceptance of the vision and mission of Benguet State University (BSU) and the goals and objectives of the College of Nursing (CN). Specifically, it sought to: determine the difference in the awareness, understanding, and acceptance of the VMGO according to year level and sex; examine the correlation between the awareness, understanding, and acceptance of the students towards the VMGO; and, identify the means by which the students contribute to the attainment of the VMGO. The results of the study provide an insight to the awareness, understanding, and acceptance of the students of the VMGO of the university. The outcome may be beneficial in generating information for the enhancement of the practices of the College of Nursing as well as other institutions in the dissemination and evaluation of their VMGO. The results revealed that the students of Benguet State University – College of Nursing generally have high awareness and understanding and very high acceptance of the VMGO. The higher the year level of the students, the more aware, understanding, and accepting they are. Sex on the other hand is a contributing factor; notably, males are more aware and accepting of the VMGO. The study further underscored that there is a correlation among the awareness, understanding, and acceptance of the VMGO by the students. Meanwhile, the means by which the students contribute to the attainment of the VMGO distinctly include complying with the rules and policies of the university, striving for academic excellence, participating actively in school activities, becoming a role model, passing the board exams, and conducting research. Anchored on the conclusions of the study, the following recommendations were derived: the University and the College concerned should continuously work for the awareness, understanding, and acceptance of its vision, mission, goals, and objectives; opportunities for VMGO orientation be designed to increase awareness, understanding, and acceptance especially among newly enrolled students regardless of the educational program; educational activities of the university be undertaken for the realization of the goals and objectives; assessment on the awareness, understanding, and acceptance of the VMGO by the students be done periodically; and, finally, future research undertakings be conducted similar to the study involving other institutions.