The study of supervisory activities of campus chief as perceived by nursing campus chief and teachers in Nepal

Abstract

Nursing campuses of Nepal collaborated withInstitute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University to set upthe rules and regulations for the nursing educationsystem of Nepal. Since the supervisory activities ofnursing campus chiefs are key to the development of thenursing profession, a study of these supervisoryactivities is of almost importance to the nursingprofession in Nepal. Therefore, this study was undertaken to identifythe supervisory activities of Nepali nursing campuschiefs as perceived by the teachers under theirsupervision as well as campus chiefs themselves. The main objectives of this study were toidentify the supervisory activities of campus chiefs,to compare the differences of perception betweenteachers and campus chiefs and to give recommendationsabout the possible strategies to correct thedifferences. A descriptive study was conducted in order toinvestigate how teachers as well as campus chiefsperceived supervisory activities. One hundred and oneteachers and 9 campus chiefs were selected from ninenursing campuses. The information was collected byquestionnaire from the teachers and campus chiefs. Theresult of the study indicated that perception score ofsupervisory activities of campus chiefs showsignificantly higher score than the teachers. The study believes that further investigationshould be made to help improve the campus chiefs'program. The strong agreement between the campus chiefsand teachers on the extremely well done of supervisoryactivities study indicates support for the implementingin practices. Oddly enough, the majority of campuschiefs did not perform some of the supervisoryactivities which they considered to be extremely welldone. The data based on perception of teachers andcampus chiefs were analysed to form a recommendationfor improvement of nursing campus programs in Nepal