Community Care Perceptions of Public Health Nursing Graduate Program Students

Abstract

The aim of this study was to describe the perceptions of community care of Public Health Nursing graduate students. The research was conducted as a descriptive study. It was conducted with 64 volunteers who were Public Health Nursing graduate students. Data were collected online between September and November 2023 using the Personal Information Form and the “Community Care Perception Scale for Nursing Students”. Descriptive statistics were applied. Students' perception of community care is good, and the majority of them find community care interesting. The majority of students want to work in public health organizations (50%) and nursing homes (31.3%), while fewer prefer to work in rehabilitation centers (3.1%) and institutions for people with mental disabilities (4.7%). The greatest influence on their preference for community care work appears to be greater freedom of movement (46.9%). The least significant influence is the perception of a high-status job (3.1%). There is little interest in working in some areas of community care. Working in community care is not attractive in terms of career opportunities. It is important to make working in community care attractive in terms of career opportunities.

Keywords

• Community care
• nursing education
• nursing students
• public health nursing

Halk Sağlığı Hemşı̇relı̇ğı̇ Lisansüstü Program Öğrencı̇lerinin Toplum Bakımı Algıları

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Halk Sağlığı Hemşireliği lisansüstü öğrencilerinin toplum bakımına ilişkin algılarını tanımlamaktır. Araştırma tanımlayıcı tipte yapılmıştır. Halk Sağlığı Hemşireliği lisansüstü öğrencisi olan 64 gönüllü ile yürütülmüştür. Veriler Eylül-Kasım 2023 tarihleri arasında Kişisel Bilgi Formu ve “Hemşirelik Öğrencileri İçin Toplum Bakım Algısı Ölçeği” kullanılarak çevrim içi toplanmıştır. Tanımlayıcı istatistikler uygulanmıştır. Öğrencilerin toplum bakımına ilişkin algısı iyidir ve çoğunluğu toplum bakımını ilginç bulmaktadır. Öğrencilerin çoğunluğu halk sağlığı kuruluşları (%50) ve yaşlı bakım evlerinde (%31.3) çalışmak isterken, rehabilitasyon merkezleri (%3.1) ve zihinsel engellilere yönelik kurumlarda (%4.7) çalışmayı tercih edenlerin sayısı düşüktür. Toplum bakımında çalışmayı tercih etmelerinde en çok hareket özgürlüğünün (%46.9) fazla olmasının etkili olduğu görülmektedir. En az etkili olan ise yüksek statülü bir iş (%3.1) olduğu algısıdır. Toplum bakımının bazı alanlarında çalışmaya ilgi azdır. Toplum bakımında çalışmak kariyer fırsatları açısından cazip değildir. Toplum bakımında çalışmayı kariyer fırsatları açısından cazip hale getirmek önemlidir.

Keywords

• Toplum bakımı
• hemşirelik eğitimi
• hemşirelik öğrencileri
• halk sağlığı hemşireliği

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