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OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study, nursing students in Faculty of Health Sciences to determine the resources and problems of motivation. METHODS: The population of study comprised of 569 students. The sample group Comprised of 449 students who accepted to participate voluntarily. The data were collected by means of a questionnaire prepared by the researchers and "Motivation Resources and Problems Scale (MRPS)". Statistical analysis, descriptive statistical methods (frequency and percentages), independent samples t-test and One-Way ANOVA test was used. RESULTS: It was found the average age of the students participating in the study 21.10 years, %89.8 of students are male, %98.0 are single, %86.6 are high school graduate;, %36.3 of the students is fathers, 12.2% is mothers were college graduates. MRPS analyzed the distribution of scores of substances "the fear of making a mistake negative affect learning" ( =3.27) and "the pressure of the people I communicate with affect learning" ( =3.08) expressed as the average of the negative motivation substances were higher. Intrinsic Motivation subscale from the mean score of 34.60 ± 17.84, 43.80 ± 11.21 of the average of Extrinsic Motivation, Motivation Negative mean score of 43.80 ± 27.39, 144.40 ± 77.56 Total Score was found to be average. Also, students 'gender, parents' educational status with the intrinsic, extrinsic and negative motivation subscales between the mean scores statistically significant difference found, the class with the status of extrinsic and intrinsic motivation subscales between the mean scores statistically significant difference was determined to be. CONCLUSION: Consequently, the average negative motivation substances of students is higher.It was found that, while nursing education of students starting grade levels more negative motivation decreases with increasing negative impulses, external and internal impulses were increasing. Besides, negative motivation of the students who graduated from Anatolian-Science High School is also higher than more the high school and health professions high school graduates;

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