| Resumen: | El estudio del perfil del estudiante de nuevo ingreso surge como problemática pertinente, en el contexto de la necesidad de establecer una base de datos sistemática que permita tener evidencia para la implementación de programas de ayuda al desarrollo personal de los estudiantes y del aprendizaje construido. Objetivo: Describir el perfil del estudiante de nuevo ingreso a la Escuela Académico profesional de Enfermería de la Universidad San Pedro de Chimbote - Sede Central, en función a su inteligencia, ajuste de personalidad y hábitos de estudio. Método: Estudio descriptivo que se ejecutó en una muestra de 185 estudiantes, determinada con un margen de error de muestreo de a= 0.05, N.C.= 95%, para p = q = 0.50. Los instrumentos utilizados fueron: el test de Madurez Mental de California, el Inventario de Ajuste de Personalidad de Bell y el Inventario de Hábitos de Estudio de Wrenn. Resultados: el estudiante de nuevo ingreso a la Escuela de enfermería tiende a calificar bajo en el Test de MM de California, particularmente en los factores de razonamiento lógico y el de conceptos verbales, con un Ajuste de Personalidad de regular a muy insatisfactorio, sobre todo en las aéreas de ajuste familiar y la de ajuste social con hábitos de estudio inadecuados. Discusión: Se verificó un elevado número de estudiantes revelando niveles críticos en el desempeño de los tres indicadores estudiados y que resultan fundamentales para la formación de competencias profesionales en Enfermería, tanto genéricas como específicas, representando un grupo de riesgo para el fracaso académico y deserción... (AU)^iesThe problem of studying freshmen nursing student's profile arises as relevant in the context of the need to have a systematic database as evidence that will allow the implementation of aid programs for students' personal development and learning built. Objective: To describe the freshmen nursing student's profile at University of San Pedro de Chimbote -Main Campus, according to their intelligence, personality adjustment and study habits. Method: A descriptive study was carried out in a sample of 185 students, as determined with a margin of sampling error of a = 0.05, NC = 95%, for p = q = 0.50. The instruments used were: the California Mental Maturity test, the Bell's Personality Adjustment Inventory and Wrenn's Study Habits Inventory. Results: Freshmen Nursing student tends to qualify low in the California Test of MM, particularly in the explored factors of logical reasoning and verbal concepts; with a regular to a very unsatisfactory Personality adjustment, especially in the areas of family adjustment and social adjustment; with inadequate study habits. Discussion: We observed large numbers of students disclosing critical levels in the performance of the three indicators studied and which are essential for training in nursing skills, both generic and specific, representing a group at risk for academic failure and dropout. The research design was descriptive correlational worked with a non-random sample, intentional selection up of 115 students in the academic semester 2007-1I. To identify the reading comprehension test was used for reading comprehension of Gonzalez (1998) also applied the metacognitive strategies inventory O'Neil and Abedi (1996), to identify the levels of meta cognitive strategies. The results show that students have a poor level of reading comprehension in basic and supplementary texts, 79.1% and 81.7% and low metacognitive strategies in all its dimensions... (AU)^ien.
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