Nursing students' perceptions of nursing: a descriptive study of four cohorts

Safadi, Reema; Saleh, Mohammad; Nassar, Omayah S; Amre, Huda M.; Froelicher, Erika Sivarajan

doi:10.1111/j.1466-7657.2011.00897.x

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“…At the beginning of the study, many students had idealistic perception of nursing, and the perception changed under the infl uence of educational program due to the infl uence of nursing theory and science, and clinical experience 17,18 . It is expected that during their study program, students acquire the necessary competence for independent, safe and quality nursing care, and that they develop professional identity.…”

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Changes in Nursing Students’ Attitudes Towards Nursing During Undergraduate Study

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SUMMARY -Th e aim of this study was to determine the attitudes of nursing students towards nursing, and changes in their attitudes during the study. A quantitative study with pre-post survey was conducted among nursing students enrolled in fi rst study year in the academic year 2012/2013 (N=115) and third study year in the academic year 2014/2015 (N=106). Students voluntarily and anonymously completed a questionnaire consisting of demographic information and the Nursing Image Questionnaire, which includes 30 items that assess how an individual looks at the roles and tasks, values, social stereotypes of nursing, professionalism and performance of nurses. Th e results indicated that students had positive attitude towards nursing at the beginning and during the study. During the study, there was a positive change in attitudes in the majority of items of the questionnaire, whereas at the end of the study lower attitude was expressed in only four items. Th e study conducted among nursing students indicated that students' attitudes changed during the study, infl uenced by the acquisition of knowledge and skills. During the study, students acquire a more realistic perception of nursing, and adoption of professional values emerges.

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Changes in Nursing Students’ Attitudes Towards Nursing During Undergraduate Study

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“…(Abdel El-Halem et al, 2001;Eman et al, 2012;Patidar et al, 2012) In Jordan, little is known about Jordanian student nurses' perception of nursing. (Safadi et al, 2011) Nursing students' perceptions of nursing might have an impact on their self-concept, self-esteem, recruitment, retention, and performance. (Wallace, 2007) Extrinsic reasons as pay and conditions of work which were previously hardly mentioned at all, have increasing importance.…”

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Career choice for nursing students in Kuwait

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2015

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“…[11] Prospective nursing studies have investigated and defined changes in students' perceptions occurring over time. [12][13][14] Students' perceptions of nursing evolved from lay to professional images. Nursing studies suggest that these changes occur as a result of students' education.…”

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“…Nursing studies suggest that these changes occur as a result of students' education. [7] Safadi and colleagues [12] studied Jordanian nursing students' perceptions over 4 years of the nursing programme, and concluded that students' perceptions progressed from traditional altruistic beliefs to biomedical, technological perceptions. A Changing focus from caring to carrying out procedures was also identified by Pearcey [15] who reported that despite the new trends in nursing that advocate the move away from tasks and routines; holistic care remains a term that is followed by a list of physical tasks with no indications that this term is fully understood by students.…”

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Bahraini nursing students’ attitudes: from student to nurse-A longitudinal research study

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Cowman²

2015

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Nursing manpower in the Middle East is highly dependent on expatriates and this presents a challenge in establishing and sustaining indigenous nursing developments. Understanding the perceptions of local nursing students and nurses joining the profession is essential to successful strategies for recruitment and retention of nurses. In contrast to the west, very little is known about this topic in the Middle East. This article aims to identify the perceptions of a Bahraini cohort of nursing students about nursing as a career choice and how these perceptions may change during the course of a programme of nursing education and one year after graduation as a nurse. A longitudinal research design was employed to study the perceptions of the first intake of nursing students enrolled into a new School of Nursing & Midwifery providing a BSc Nursing Programme; data were collected between 2006 and 2012. A methodological triangulation research approach was used incorporating quantitative and qualitative dimensions. The data collection methods included written reflections, self-administered questionnaires and focus groups. Bahraini nursing students expressed positive perceptions about nursing from their graduate programme years and through the staff nurse year. Observations made about the public image of nursing in Bahrain suggest that nursing is perceived as a low paying, low status job involving excessive hard and unpleasant work. The public perceptions of Bahraini people about nursing may be grounded in strong cultural influences. Any efforts to improve the enrollment and retention of Bahraini nurses should consider enhancing the social values of the nursing profession.

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Nursing students' perceptions of nursing: a descriptive study of four cohorts

Abstract: Such results delineated the importance of revising nursing schools' curricula and the universities' admission policies into the nursing profession.

Cited by 61 publications

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Changes in Nursing Students’ Attitudes Towards Nursing During Undergraduate Study

Changes in Nursing Students’ Attitudes Towards Nursing During Undergraduate Study

Career choice for nursing students in Kuwait

Bahraini nursing students’ attitudes: from student to nurse-A longitudinal research study

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