A National Study of School Counselors’ Perceptions of the Nursing Profession

Williams, C.; Dickstein-Fischer, Laurie

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“…Evidence suggests that public perceptions of nursing are positive, and yet there remains a global shortfall in recruitment [ 26 ]. The feminised nature of nursing may deter careers teachers from offering it as a potential occupation to their male students [ 27 ]. Our intervention provides targeted information to students and careers teachers while also providing positive male role models for potential recruits.…”

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Recruiting males to the nursing profession: acceptability testing of the ‘Make a Difference with Nursing’ intervention for post-primary school students

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Background The nursing profession is facing a worldwide recruitment shortage which could be partially addressed by recruiting more males. However, in many developed countries numbers of male nurses have traditionally been low. To address this issue we developed and tested a post-primary school-based intervention to recruit more males into the nursing profession. Methods Participants included thirty-four female students drawn from an all-girls post-primary school, fifty-one males from an all-boys post-primary school and seven males and fifteen females drawn from a mixed gender post-primary school, all located in Northern Ireland. Participants were all sixteen years of age and were in receipt of careers education. The intervention titled ‘Make a Difference with Nursing’ was co-designed with careers teachers, nurses and post-primary school students. This video based intervention was created to fit within existing career lessons and featured nursing staff and students describing their experiences of the profession. Participants completed the six domains of Nursing as a Career Choice Questionnaire prior to viewing the intervention and again after viewing. Results Positive and statistically significant increases in perceptions of the nursing profession were found between pre and post test scores across all six domains. No statistically significant differences in perceptions were found between males and females after watching the intervention. Comparison by school type showed statistically significant differences on the domains of prior healthcare exposure (p = 0.046; 95% CI -0.19 to 3.79) and job prospects (p = 0.005; 95% CI 1.04 to 7.01). Students from the all-girls school rated these more positively than those from the all-boys and mixed-gender schools. Conclusions A short video presentation to post-primary school students is capable of changing how they perceive the nursing profession. Students expressed surprise over the variety of professional nursing roles suggesting that many were not well informed about the realities of nursing. Providing tailored resources for use in careers lessons can better educate students and teachers about nursing and provide positive portrayals of male role models in the profession.

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Recruiting males to the nursing profession: acceptability testing of the ‘Make a Difference with Nursing’ intervention for post-primary school students

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“…Evidence suggests that public perceptions of nursing are positive, and yet there remains a global shortfall in recruitment (22). The feminised nature of nursing may deter careers teachers from offering it as a potential occupation to their male students (23). Our intervention provides targeted information to students and careers teachers while also providing positive male role models for potential recruits.…”

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Recruiting Males To The Nursing Profession: Acceptability Testing Of The ‘Make A Difference With Nursing’ Intervention For Post-Primary School Students.

Linden

Mitchell

Carlisle

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Background: The nursing profession is facing a worldwide recruitment shortage which could be partially addressed by recruiting more males. However, in many developed countries numbers of males nurses have traditionally been low. To address this issue we developed and tested a post-primary school-based intervention to recruit more males into the nursing profession. Methods: Thirty-four female students drawn from an all-girls post-primary school, fifty-one males from an all-boys post-primary school and seven males and fifteen females drawn from a mixed gender post-primary school, all located in Northern Ireland. Participants were all sixteen years of age and were in receipt of careers education. The intervention titled ‘Make a Difference with Nursing’ was co-designed with careers teachers, nurses and post-primary school students. This video based intervention was created to fit within existing career lessons and featured nursing staff and students describing their experiences of the profession. Participants completed the six domains of Nursing as a Career Choice Questionnaire prior to viewing the intervention and again after viewing. Results: Positive and statistically significant increases in perceptions of the nursing profession were found between pre and post test scores across all six domains. No statistically significant differences in perceptions were found between males and females after watching the intervention. Comparison by school type showed statistically significant differences on the domains of prior healthcare exposure (p=0.046; 95% CI -0.19 to 3.79) and job prospects (p=0.005; 95% CI 1.04 to 7.01). Students from the all-girls school rated these more positively than those from the all-boys and mixed-gender schools. Conclusions: A short video presentation to post-primary school students is capable of changing how they perceive the nursing profession. Students expressed surprise over the variety of professional nursing roles suggesting that many were not well informed about the realities of nursing. Providing tailored resources for use in careers lessons can better educate students and teachers about nursing and provide positive portrayals of male role models in the profession.

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“…Related studies stated that when secondary school students were asked which profession they would choose, they mostly preferred a few known professions since they had insufficient information about professions (Raymond et al., 2018; Rubbi et al., 2017). Williams and Dickstein‐Fischer (2018), who examined the perceptions of school counsellors about the nursing profession, emphasized that nursing educators should make school visits and should work in harmony with school counsellors in preparing students for the process of choosing a profession. The results of the present study show that most students want to obtain further information about nursing.…”

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Senior high school students' opinions on the nursing profession: A ten‐year comparative study

Mert

Yildiz

Şentürk

et al. 2020

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Aims To analyse the changes in senior students' opinions about the nursing profession over a 10‐year period. Design A descriptive and comparative study. Method Data were collected using a questionnaire form, which was completed by 400 senior high school students in Çankiri city center during 2007–2008 (Group 1) and 2017–2018 (Group 2) academic years. Results Compared with 10 years ago, more students referred to nurses as ‘knowledgeable, concerned, and tolerant’. There were fewer students who knew the duties of nurses. There were significantly fewer students who wanted to be nurses and many who wanted to be nurses in both groups said it was ‘because they love nursing’. Compared with 10 years ago, more students said they wanted to be nurses because their parents wanted them to be nurses, but fewer students said they wanted to be nurses because they love people. There were more students who did not want to be nurses ‘because it is tiring and entails irregular work hours’. However, more students said that they would like to go into nursing if the salary was satisfactory. Conclusion The study showed that, compared with 10 years ago, more students defined nurses as knowledgeable and professional. They reported they did not currently wish to enter the nursing profession, but that they would do so if the wages were high. Impact This study aims to determine the change in young individuals' opinions about the nursing profession in Turkey over a 10‐year period. Due to poor work conditions in the nursing profession, most of the students did not want to be nurses, but their opinions might change if nurses' salaries were satisfactory. Academicians and nurses play an important role in introducing the nursing profession to students when they choose their career and informing high school teachers, who advise these students.

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A National Study of School Counselors’ Perceptions of the Nursing Profession

Cited by 7 publications

References 12 publications

Recruiting males to the nursing profession: acceptability testing of the ‘Make a Difference with Nursing’ intervention for post-primary school students

Recruiting males to the nursing profession: acceptability testing of the ‘Make a Difference with Nursing’ intervention for post-primary school students

Recruiting Males To The Nursing Profession: Acceptability Testing Of The ‘Make A Difference With Nursing’ Intervention For Post-Primary School Students.

Senior high school students' opinions on the nursing profession: A ten‐year comparative study

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