Factors Influencing Decision for Nursing Profession
Keywords:
nursing care, professional identity, profession, decision elements, profession choice theoryAbstract
In the last fifty years, nursing care is moving from occupation to profession, therefore it is important to understand the factors that lead individuals to choose a profession in nursing care. The article presents a study, in which qualitative and quantitative approach to data collection was used. Based on previous research, the authors designed a questionnaire, with open and close-ended questions. The questionnaire includes questions, related to the choice of nursing care profession, satisfaction with the chosen profession, and time of decision for the profession. The sample included students of the first and third year of undergraduate Nursing Care study programme. The most common factors that encourage nursing students to decide for nursing as a career are »possibility for working with people« and »the opportunity to care for others«. Both factors stress the caring dimension of the profession. Satisfaction of surveyed students regarding the choice of their profession indicates the strength of beliefs in the correctness of students’ career decision. Contemporary generations of nursing students perceive nursing as profession with care as a fundamental dimension.
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