Choosing a Nursing Career During a Global Health Event

Abstract

Background: Although in the past, the decision to enter the nursing profession was mainly due to intrinsic motives, more recent generations present additional extrinsic career choice motives. The motivation of choosing a nursing career may be affected by global health events, such as COVID-19. Purpose: To examine the motivation for choosing a nursing career during COVID-19. Methods: A repeated cross-sectional study was conducted among 211 first-year nursing students at a university in Israel. A questionnaire was distributed during 2020 and 2021. Linear regression evaluated the motives that predict choosing a nursing career during COVID-19. Results: Intrinsic motives were the leading motives for choosing a nursing career in a univariate analysis. A multivariate linear model revealed that choosing a nursing career during the pandemic was associated with extrinsic motives (β= .265, P < .001). Intrinsic motives did not predict choosing a nursing career during COVID-19. Conclusion: Reassessment of motives among candidates may help the efforts of faculty and nursing to recruit and retain nurses in the profession.

Research on the Innovation of Practical Training Teaching in Nursing Programs under the Perspective of Disciplines

“…In recent years, with the development of undergraduate nursing education in medical schools and colleges, the education and training goal of undergraduate nursing students in China has shifted from "scientific" to "applied", and more nurses are willing to choose to enter clinical work [1] . As part of the nursing education program, practice teaching is an important part of cultivating the clinical practice ability of nursing students, and also lays an important foundation for nursing students to obtain clinical nursing qualification after graduation [2][3] .…”