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Abstract

         The purposes of this descriptive research were to examine the happiness and quality of life of nursing students at Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Ratchaburi, and compare the happiness and quality of life of nursing students each year. The population were 463 nursing students year 1-4 in academic year 2020. The samples were 210 nursing students year 1-4 selected by stratified random sampling, proportion allocating each class, and drawing student number. The research instruments consisted of a demographic questionnaire, happiness, and quality of life. The instrument's reliabilities checked by using Cronbach's alpha coefficient formula were 0.84 and 0.81, respectively. The data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and one-way ANOVA, and compared the pair differences using Scheffé's method. The results showed that:

1. The 4^th-year nursing students had the highest happiness scores at the level of happiness more than others, followed by the first, the 3^rd year, and the 2^nd year, respectively, at the level of happiness as others.
2. The 4th - year nursing students had the highest quality of life scores at the level of good quality of life, followed by the 3rd year, the 2nd year, and the 1st year, respectively at the level of moderate quality of life.
3. Comparing the happiness in each year with Scheffé's method, it was found that the 4th year students had happiness scores differed to the 3rd year and the 2nd year nursing students with a statistical significance at the .05 level, but no difference was found when compared to the first-year nursing students.
4. Comparing the happiness in each year with Scheffé's method, it was found that the 4th year students' quality of life scores differed to the first year and the second year with a statistical significance at the .05 level, while the third-year students had no statistical significance.

Conclusion: The nursing students, year 4 had the highest level scores of happiness and quality of life. Each class of the nursing students had different scores of happiness and quality of life.

Recommendation: Nursing educators should organize teaching and learning with considerations about desired competencies and happiness and quality of life among the students altogether.