Bir Kararsızlığın Analizi: Hemşire miyim Yoksa Tıbbi Laboratuvar Teknikeri mi

Abstract

The majority of the students enrolled in the M.U Vocational School of Health Related Professions, Medical Laboratory Techniques (MLT) program were graduated from Nursing Department between the years 2006-2009 with the granting of the right of passing without examination to the students graduated from Health Vocational High Schools (HVS). Although the vocational education infrastructure of students from departments outside the Medical Laboratory Department (MLD) is not seen as a serious problem, it has encountered significant problems. At the beginning of the problems, assigned as a nurse in public hospitals it has become busy schedule working conditions of our students. Especially they have apparent lack of basic skills for laboratory training, but have not enough time to develop their lacking skills.In our study, a questionnaire study was conducted in order to investigate visible problems related to the students of the Nursing Department enrolled in the MLT program and to reveal what we cannot see. Our another aim, making a useful guidance for their professional carrier and choices. In the academic year 2007-2009, according results of our survey, that it applied to 87 students (71 nurse) from MLP, 40, 2% of students worked as nurse, 57, 5% want to be assigned by KPSS exam as nurse. And we determined a dilemma, which the nursing graduate students, they would prefer to work as medical laboratory technician (82, 8%) and after their graduation will define themselves as "Medical Laboratory Technician" (59.8%).In conclusion, the students who graduated from the Nursing Department continue their TLT program with an unintentional preference; It has been determined that unfairness in professional preferences continues.