An Cross Sectional Study to Assess the Factors Affecting Nursing Practice as Perceived by Indian Nursing Personnel

Background: Now a day there is big gap between nursing practice and nursing education. To know the reasons for gap by the nursing personnel itself give the idea about bridge the gap between nursing practice and nursing education. Aim: To explore the factors affecting Nursing practice as perceived by Indian nursing Personnel. Methods: The data was collected by sending the Google form questionnaire to nursing personnel's in many Whatsapp group across India. Total 33 questions were included in Google form that assesses the factors affecting nursing practice. Results: 96 nursing personnel had unfavorable perception level towards nursing practice, 57 nursing personnel had strongly unfavorable perception level towards nursing practice. 10 Nursing personnel had neutral perception level and 01 Nursing personnel had strongly favorable perception towards nursing practice. There is a significant association between educational qualification of nursing personnel with their perception level towards nursing practice (x2=4.4, df=1, p