The Effect of Assertiveness Education on Communication Skills Given to Nursing Students

Aim: This research was conducted with pre-test post-test control group semi-trial model to determine the ef fect of assertiveness education given to nursing student s on communication skills. Methods: The research was conducted between February 2017 a nd M y 2017 at a faculty of health sciences. The research universe consistented 300 nursing stud ents who took elective courses in the universities of health sciences. The sample of the research was determined as 50 experiments and 50 controls by power analysi s. The experiment and control group was selected by simple random method. In the study, assertiveness trainin g was given to the experimental group, and no application was made to the control group. In the collection o f the data, the ‘‘Student Information Form’’ containing the des criptive characteristics of the students and ‘‘Comm unication Skills Inventory’’ was used. Results: The communication skill inventory of the experiment al group was 102.940 ± 4.829 in pre-test total score and 123.080 ± 9.162 in post-test total score. Th control group's communication skills inventory pre-test total score average 101.060 ± 8.612, post-test tota l score average 102.320 ± 8.064. The control group' s communication skills inventory pre-test total score average was 101.060 ± 8.612, post-test total score was 102.320 ± 8.06. There is no statistically significa nt difference between control and experiment group communication skills inventory pre-test sub-dimensi o and total point averages (p ˃ 0.05). The difference found between the control and experiment group communicat ion skills inventory final test sub-dimension and t otal point averages is statistically significant (p ˂ 0.05). Conclusion: In the study, ıt has been determined that the asse rtiveness training given to the experimental group increased communication skills.