Middle school students' perceptions of an ideal career and a career in nursing
Middle school students' perceptions of an ideal career and a career in nursing
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DOI：
10.1016/j.profnurs.2004.04.001
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发表时间：
2004-05-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Mongeon, J
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作者：
Cohen, JA;Palumbo, MV;Mongeon, J
目前需要许多战略来解决严重的护理短缺问题，这威胁到医疗保健质量。一个策略是增加年轻人对护理职业的兴趣。中学生对护理的认知为成功招聘下一代护士提供了重要线索。本探索性研究的重点是比较301名男女中学生对理想职业和护理职业的看法。还对性别差异进行了事后分析。对护理和理想职业的认知采用May， Champion, and Austin（1991）开发的工具进行测量，该工具已在先前的研究中进行了信度和效度评估。通过配对t检验和Bonferroni调整来控制多重共线性，对数据进行描述性和推断性分析。受访者表示，在与自主权、尊重、薪酬和“忙碌”相关的关键变量上，护理和理想职业之间存在统计学上的显著差异。然而，当男孩与女孩比较时，男孩对护理和理想职业的看法比女孩更一致。为发展及时有效的针对中学生的护士招聘活动提供了启示。
Many strategies are currently needed to address a profound nursing shortage that is threatening health care quality. One strategy is to increase the interest of youth in the profession of nursing. Middle school students' perception of nursing offers important clues toward successful recruitment of the next generation of nurses. The focus of this exploratory study was to compare a convenience sample of 301 male and female middle school students' perceptions of an ideal career versus a career in nursing. A post hoc analysis of variations by gender was also done. Perceptions of nursing and the ideal career were measured with an instrument developed by May, Champion, and Austin (1991), which has been assessed for reliability and validity in previous studies. Data were analyzed descriptively and inferentially, by using paired t tests and Bonferroni adjustments to control for multicolinearity. The respondents voiced statistically significant differences between nursing and the ideal career in key variables related to autonomy, respect, compensation, and "busyness." When comparing boys with girls, however, there was more congruence between boys' perception of nursing and ideal career than girls'. Implications for the development of timely and effective nursing recruitment campaigns targeting middle school students are offered.