Nursing Students’ Competency about Writing Nursing Care Plan: An Exploratory Study in Iran

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of the study sample (N = 248).

Characteristics	Categories	Mean (n)	SD (%)
Grade point average (grading is based on a 0 to 20 score)		16.37	1.296
Age	18–22	122	49.2
	23–27	126	50.8
Gender	Female	134	54.0
	Male	114	46.0
Marital status	Single	213	85.9
	Married	35	14.1
Semester	2	23	9.3
	3	47	19.0
	4	23	9.3
	5	56	22.6
	6	26	10.5
	7	55	22.2
	8	18	7.3
Interest for nursing commitment	Yes	54	21.8
	No	194	78.2
Nursing school	Ardabil	152	61.3
	Meshgin	45	18.1
	Germi	51	20.6
Nursing process course	Yes	41	16.5
	No	207	83.5
Interest in the nursing field	Yes	199	80.2
	No	49	19.8
Time spent studying (hours per day)	Less than 1 hour	71	28.6
	Between 1 and 2 hours	96	38.7
	Between 2 and 3 hours	72	29.0
	More than 3 hours	9	3.6