Médecine communautaire et éducation à la santé

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Effectiveness of Family Dynamics in the Academic Competences of Students of the Nursing Career, Technical University of North Ibarra

Rosales Rivadeneira SM* , Castillo Andrade RE, Revelo Villarreal SD, Espinel Jara VM, Tapia Paguay MX and Morejón Jácome GE

Introduction: According to the cognitivist approach, learning and the family relationship are indispensable processes in the construction of knowledge, since they provide learning tools of organization selection. In this sense, this approach privileges both the product resulting from learning and the processes that are put into practice to achieve it. The achievement of an effective educational system provides an ideal framework where the student develops their potential; this adds a stable family environment as an optimal setting for student performance. Objective of study: Determine the effectiveness of the family dynamics in the academic competences of the students of the Career of Nursing, Technical University of the North. Methods: Study with a quantitative approach, cross-sectional, descriptive and observational, a previously validated survey was applied, with 20 items, focused on educational performance and family dynamics, the sample consisted of 126 students legally enrolled in the career. Results: The students investigated are young people between the ages of 18 and 22, evidenced by a marked vocation in the chosen career, and supremacy in the female gender. 47.6% mention having a weak communication with their parents and they come from 79% of dysfunctional families. Most students refer to have all the elements necessary for their training; however they say that if the family relationship would be healthy they would better develop their academic abilities.