Sağlık Akademisi Kastamonu

Yazarlar: Serap TORUN, Osman BİLGİN, Sunay FIRAT, M.aykut ERK

Konular:Hemşirelik

DOI:10.25279/sak.618725

Anahtar Kelimeler:Career,Career Planning,Career Development,Midwifery,Nursing

Özet: Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate the status of midwifery and nursing students towards career planning. Materials and Methods: The population of this descriptive research consisted of 1.674 midwifery and nursing students studying at the Faculty of Health Science of a state university in 2017-2018 academic year. The sample consisted of 888 students who approved of participating in the study. Data were collected by distributing data forms to the students in the classroom with Personal Information Form and Career Future Scale. The scale consists of 25 items and three sub-dimensions. Results: 74.1% of the students participating in the study are women and 81% are nursing students. 34% of the students stated that their professional ideal is to be a midwife/a nurse, 53.4% of them chose the profession willingly and 73.6% of them have a grade point average between 2.01-3.00. The Cronbach alpha value of the scale in this study was found to be 0.87. The mean score of career compliance sub-dimension was 40.52±7.04, the mean score of career optimism sub-dimension was 38.74±7.31, the mean score of perceived information about labor markets was 9.30±2.38. Conclusion and Suggestions: As a result, it was found that midwifery and nursing students had high levels of career adaptability and career optimism. In order to provide more effective career development and planning for midwifery and nursing students who will take an active role in patient care, necessary plans should be made by the educational institution.

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