Attidutes of Hong Kong high school students towards the nursing profession

Perceptions of sex‐role stereotypes, self‐concept, and nursing role ideal in Chinese nursing students

“…Among the three role conceptions mentioned, the service role was defined as associating with values such as humanity, compassion, dedication, and understanding, with primary loyalty to the patient as a paramount. Furthermore, the attitudes and expectations of families and the public were regarded as important in influencing students' decisions to enter nursing (Rossiter et al. 1999).…”

“…Expectations of social and economic return from nursing have been shown to differentiate career choices between the genders for Hong Kong Chinese nursing students (Rossiter et al. 1999).…”

Beliefs, Attitudes and Perceived Practice among Newly Enrolled Students at the Jordanian Ministry of Health Nursing Colleges and Institutes in 2003

“…For example in Hong Kong, the results of a 1999 study of 375 high school students indicated that the students were generally knowledgeable about nursing but were reluctant to pursue nursing as a career. However, students, who were socially acquainted with a nurse, demonstrated a slightly more positive attitude towards nursing and slightly higher intention to pursue nursing as a career compared with those having no social acquaintance with a nurse (Rossiter et al, 1999). Another study, with a small sample of 20 people taken from an outpatient department in Eastern Cape Province in 1997, revealed that 95% of the respondents viewed the nursing profession as a calling, whilst only 5% viewed the nursing as a job (Mavundla & Mabamella, 1997).…”

Factors influencing Chinese undergraduate nursing students' perceptions of the nursing profession

“…Grossman et al (1989) and Rossiter et al (1999) in the USA found a significant relationship between the choice of nursing as a career and having a nurse role model, or past experience with illness and nurses. Okasha & Ziady (2001) in a study of 57 Qatar female students reported that medical services and the humanitarian nature of nursing were the two most common reasons for joining the nursing profession.…”