Choosing Nursing As a Profession During The Covid-19 Pandemic
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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the factors that affect students’ choice of the nursing profession during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Method: The study was planned in the correlational descriptive design type.The sample group consisted of 262 students who voluntarily participated and studied in the first year of the Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences. The data were collected using the “Introductory Information Form” and the “Nursing Profession Choice Scale (NPCS)”. For analysis of the data; frequency, average, standard deviation, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used.
Results: It was determined that 57.3% of the participants preferred nursing because of their personal interest in the profession, 85.1% found themselves suitable for the nursing profession and 67.6% felt ready for nursing. 74.4% of the students stated that nursing was their first choice. As a result of the research, the total score average of the scale was found to be 45.82 ± 6.73. Vocational suitability and life-related reasons sub-scale mean scores were determined as 32.90 ± 5.49 and 12.90 ± 2.98, respectively.
Conclusions and Suggestions: It was determined that most of the students chose the nursing profession willingly with their personal interests and found themselves suitable for the profession. Comprehensive and comparative studies are needed in this research area.
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