Students' and families' expenditures to attend a nursing programme in 2011–2012: a comparison of five southern European countries

Palese, Alvisa; Bortoluzzi, Guido; Achil, Illarj; Jarošová, Darja; Notara, Venetia; Vagka, E.; Andraščíková, Štefánia; Rybarova, Lubica; Skela-Savič, Brigita

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“…Many nurses noted that the “hard core of the Italian health system difficult to break” and the persistent “medical umbrella” were obstacles to advancing not only nursing but also other health professions. The medical and biomedical culture is still strong in Italy, especially in the center-south of the country and in rural areas as it is in most of the Southern European countries ( Palese et al, 2013 ). Although partial decline has occurred over the past two decades ( Tousijn, 2002 ) and some aspects of innovation are visible ( France & Taroni, 2005 ), the Italian “old regime” remains stalwart.…”

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The Evolution of Professional Nursing Culture in Italy

Rocco¹,

Affonso²,

Mayberry

et al. 2014

Global Qualitative Nursing Research

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We explored the perceptions of Italian nurses regarding their developing culture as a health profession. We sought to understand the ongoing evolution of the nursing profession and the changes that were central to it becoming an intellectual discipline on par with the other health professions in Italy. In 2010, the Regulatory Board of Nursing established a center of excellence to build evidence-based practice, advocate for interdisciplinary health care, and champion health profession reforms for nursing. In this study, focus groups—involving 66 nurse participants from various educational, clinical, and administrative backgrounds—were utilized to better ascertain how the profession has changed. Six themes, three of them metaphors—“vortex,” “leopard spots,” and “deductive jungle”—explain nurses’ experiences of professional change in Italy between 2001 and 2011 and the multiple dimensions that characterize their professional identity and autonomy.

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The Evolution of Professional Nursing Culture in Italy

Rocco¹,

Affonso²,

Mayberry

et al. 2014

Global Qualitative Nursing Research

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“…The available literature has paid increasing attention to the determinants that influence career decisions studying the role of some factors such as motivation, expectations, and costs mainly among those students that have undertaken a nursing degree (Miers et al ., ; Cho et al ., ; Palese et al ., ). Nevertheless, few studies have compared candidates that have undertaken a nursing versus a non‐nursing degree at the moment of their university enrolment (Miers et al ., ).…”

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Factors influencing the choice of a nursing or a non‐nursing degree: A multicenter, cross‐sectional study

Dante

Graceffa

Bello

et al. 2014

Nursing & Health Sciences

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Current literature has paid increasing attention to the factors influencing career decisions; nevertheless, few studies have compared candidates that have chosen a nursing versus a non-nursing degree. A multicenter, cross-sectional study design was performed to explore whether or not certain individual variables and having inaccurate data about nursing as a profession influenced the choice of a non-nursing degree. Six non-nursing and three nursing degree programs offered by two public Italian universities were involved. A total of 507 students who had just enrolled in non-nursing degree programs and 202 in nursing degree programs were invited to complete a questionnaire comprising 12 closed items. Overall, from 40.0% to 57.1% of the variation in choosing a degree other than nursing was explained by variables such as age, and having inaccurate data on the nursing profession. For each year over 19 years of age, the likelihood that the student would decide to enroll in a nursing degree program increases. For each wrong answer reported on the questionnaire evaluating knowledge on nursing profession, there was a reduction of approximately six times in the likelihood that the student would enroll in a nursing degree program. Information regarding the nursing profession should be offered in early stages of life; in addition, offering accurate data on the profession is a key factor in evaluating the congruence of the career with the individual's personal motivations, aspirations, and talents.

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“…However, we present a sample of papers, allowing the reader to gain insight into Slovenian studies in the field of education about the factors affecting career paths. One drawback is that in these studies STEM disciplines are not considered as predictors (e.g., Farcnik & Domadenik, ; Palese et al, ; Petek Šter, Švab, & Šter, ; Rijavec, Pečjak, Jurčec, & Gradišek, ), which was one of the incentives for performing our study.…”

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Opinions about STEM content and classroom experiences as predictors of upper secondary school students' career aspirations to become researchers or teachers

Šorgo

Dojer

Golob³

et al. 2018

J Res Sci Teach

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The shortage of qualified STEM teachers and researchers in these fields can be recognized as an existing and forthcoming problem. The aim of the present study was to explore the influence of the content of STEM subjects Biology, Chemistry, Informatics, Mathematics, Physics, and Technics and Technology and corresponding classroom experiences, as perceived by students, in elementary and general secondary schools on student's career aspirations and ambition to work as researchers or educators as their career choice. The sample comprised 552 upper general school students (ages 17 to 19) in their last two years before entering University. We hypothesized that a combination of general interest in each of the six listed disciplines, together with the content taught in elementary and upper secondary school, together with respective classroom experiences, will influence career aspirations expressed by ranking their wish to work as educators or researchers. With the use of Structural Equation Modeling, we revealed that Biology, Chemistry, and Physics can statistically significantly explain career aspirations to become a researcher. However, Informatics, Mathematics, and Technics and Technology cannot. None of the listed disciplines positively predicts career aspirations to become an educator. From the correlation between ranked aspirations toward a research and an educational career (r 5 -.03; p 5 .964), we can conclude that most of those who considered a career as a researcher as a plausible option do not share the same opinion about a career in education.

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Students' and families' expenditures to attend a nursing programme in 2011–2012: a comparison of five southern European countries

Cited by 6 publications

References 18 publications

The Evolution of Professional Nursing Culture in Italy

The Evolution of Professional Nursing Culture in Italy

Factors influencing the choice of a nursing or a non‐nursing degree: A multicenter, cross‐sectional study

Opinions about STEM content and classroom experiences as predictors of upper secondary school students' career aspirations to become researchers or teachers

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