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The Personal Factors that Influences Absenteeism among Student Nurses in School of Nursing and Midwifery Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto

DOI : https://doi.org/10.36349/EASJNM.2020.v02i01.003

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Absenteeism affects the overall performance of student and leads to low quality graduates. This study was aimed at determining the factors that influence student nurses’ absenteeism in the school of nursing and midwifery Usmanu Danfodiyo University teaching Sokoto. Cross sectional descriptive survey was used. The target population consisted of 199 student nurses from year one, year two and year three of the school of which 133 were conveniently sampled. Data were collected by means of an adapted questionnaire. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS, version 21) was used for data analysis. The findings of the study revealed the physical illness, family responsibilities, and inadequate finance as the personal factors that influence absenteeism among students in school of nursing UDUTH. The study recommends that, students should be provided with timely scholarship and free drugs for the treatment of common illness. Similarly, mentorship should be provided to all students indulged in such act.

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