- 作者：Gavin R. Neilson ; G.R.NEILSON@DUNDEE.AC.UK ; Martyn C. Jones
- 关键词：School students ; Nursing as a career choice ; Career choice predictors ; Recruitment
- 刊名：Nurse Education Today
- 出版年：2012
- 期刊代码：5_02606917
- 类别：soc
- 出版时间：July, 2012
- 卷：32
- 期：5
- 页码：588-593
- 文件大小：300 K
SUMMARY
Demand for nursing care, and nurses, is growing in the United Kingdom given an increasingly ageing patient population with long-term co-morbidities. An ageing nursing workforce and fewer school leavers entering nursing are key barriers to student nurse recruitment. This paper aims to identify the socio-demographic and correlates nursing as a career choice in 5th and 6th year school students.This cross-sectional descriptive study gathered self-administered questionnaires from a total cohort of 5th and 6th year school students (n = 1059) in one educational authority in Scotland.
A response rate of 100%was achieved, with 702 students expressing a career choice. Some 71.7%(n = 503) of students providing a full data set would never consider nursing, even if they obtained poor grades. Only 28.3%(n = 199) would ever consider nursing. Students cited nursing as a career choice if they were female, of average to below average academic ability/achievement, expressed a positive attitude to nursing as a degree subject which was shared by their career guidance teacher. Each additional higher reduced the likelihood of nursing as a career choice by 22%.
Nursing is an unpopular career choice amongst school students. Strategies are required to improve the occupational image of nursing in secondary education.