Abstract:

The purpose of this research is to study the perceptions of nursing profession by nursing students. In this study, the sample method has not been used. 322 volunteers from the first and fourth classes of 334 nursing students at the two universities’ health college have filled the data collection forms. Data collection forms have been used as the question form and the Nursing Profession Detection Scale (HMAÖ). The HMAÖ has two subdimensions: professional qualifications and professional status. The research was carried out in accordance with ethical principles and volunteering. As a statistical analysis, the percentage, the average, chronbach's alpha, t test in independent groups, one-way ANOVA and LSD post hoct test were performed. In this study, the Cronbach alpha ratio of the scale was 0.94, from the lower dimensions of the "professional qualities" 0.95, from the "professional status" 0.79. The average age of students is 20.29±1.98 and 69.9% are girls. 66.1 percent of students said they prefer nursing in the first place in the university exam, 6.2 percent said they don’t like nursing, 36.6 percent said they want to work as an administrative nursing at the hospital when they graduate, and 53.7 percent said they feel ready for the profession. 42.9 percent of students thought positive about their career before they came to school. The average scale score of HMAÖ students is 84,04±19,10. This indicates that the average level of professional perception of students is quite good. The professional qualifications have found meaningfulness between the low dimension and gender (p<0,001), class (p<0,05), and the students' feelings about nursing (p<0,05) . The low dimension of the professional status and the place where students have lived for a long time (p<0,05), the desirable choice of nursing (p<0,05), the feelings about nursing (p<0,001), the thoughts about nursing before going to school (p<0,001), the thoughts about nursing (p<0,001) after the start of the division, the thoughts about nursing (p<0,001) have been determined. HMAÖ has been statistically meaningful between the average scale score and gender (p<0,001) and his feelings about nursing (p<0,01). The LSD postdoctoral test found that the nursing perceptions of girls and fourth-class students were higher than those who did not like nursing, men and first-class students. As a result, it was found that nursing students' perceptions of nursing were at a high level. The perception of nursing and some socio-demographic characteristics and the students' opinions about nursing have been determined.

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