author(s)
Dr. Suja Baby YV, Ajila Raj BS, Maya VL and Sunija P

abstract
The present study assessed the impact of Nursing Education on the economic power among Nursing Professionals using Cross sectional Study design. The objectives of the study were, to assess the impact of nursing education on the economic power of the individual, the impact of nursing education on the economic power of care and determine the association between the impacts of nursing education on economic power of Nursing Professionals with their socio demographic variables. The data were collected from 205 samples using Responsive sampling technique. The tool was pretested predesigned semi structured questionnaire which included Socio demographic variables, questionnaire on Impact of Nursing education on economic power of individual and Impact of Nursing education on economic power of Care. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. There was a significant association between family income after 5 years of course and economic power of individual (p-value < 0.05). Also, Age, Current employment status and family income after 10 years of course showed a statistical significance with economic power of individual(p-value<0.05). Age, family income after 5 and 10 years showed a statistical significance with economic power of care (p-value<0.05) while level of education, current employment status, family Income at the time of course didn’t have significant difference (p-value >0.05). The study concluded that there was a statistically significant difference between the impact of nursing education and economic power among nursing professionals.