Effect of Assertiveness Training on Decisiveness

Social skills must be acquired and are not present at birth; rather they develop through socialization with others. Historically nurses have been expected to be subservient to the physicians. Faculty in schools of nursing have in the past reinforced the idea that nurses were subservient to physicians and nursing schools have not traditionally encouraged students to authority in the health care system. In recent years, the need for nurses to become vigorous proponents of quality care has increased and assertiveness has been viewed as an easily applied means to stimulate support for clients and the profession of nursing this research studied about the effect of assertiveness training on assertiveness of female nursing students. This Quasi experimental research is done in a case control and pretest– posttest design. The population in this study is all of nursing of Karaj Nursing College. The sample was 30 female nursing students that their grade of Rathus Assertiveness Scale (RAS) were low than the average grade of population. This sample is divided into two groups (experimental & control). Assertiveness training was expanded to a 6-week (12-session) program. A multiple baseline design (coaching, role playing, homework tasks, and feedback) was used. Results indicated significant improvements in experimental group assertiveness (P< 0.05), but control group show no significant improvements.