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Nursing students' perception of the professional nurse's role in four European countries.
- Source :
- International Nursing Review; Jun2019, Vol. 66 Issue 2, p250-258, 9p, 3 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Background: Understanding how nursing students in European countries perceive their future professional role is an important step in creating awareness of the diversity and similarities between countries. Investigating nursing students' perceptions of their future profession could help in the design of education and the retention of nurses. Aim: To compare nursing students' perceptions of the professional nurse's role between Belarus, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden. Method: A cross‐sectional design was implemented. The study used two scales of the Professional Nursing Image Survey, which has questions about 10 skills and abilities and 14 functions and duties of a nurse. Results: A total of 392 final‐year nursing students in four countries participated in the study. Statistically significant differences were found between countries in terms of all 10 skills and abilities and in the distribution of responses concerning functions and duties of a nurse. Conclusions: Nursing students in Belarus, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden perceive differently the role of a nurse in terms of some functions and responsibilities. This may influence the adaptation of nurses who enjoy freedom of movement among the countries. Implications for nursing policy: The knowledge gained in this study could be beneficial in improving nursing education, as it could illuminate the discrepancy between educational goals and students' perceptions of their future professional role. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- AUTONOMY (Psychology)
CHI-squared test
COMPARATIVE studies
STATISTICAL correlation
DOCUMENTATION
INTELLECT
INTERPERSONAL relations
RESEARCH methodology
HUMAN multitasking
NURSES
NURSING
NURSING education
NURSING students
PATIENT education
POPULATION geography
PROBLEM solving
PROFESSIONS
QUESTIONNAIRES
STATISTICS
STUDENT attitudes
TRUST
COMPASSION
DATA analysis
OCCUPATIONAL roles
SOCIAL support
STATISTICAL significance
CROSS-sectional method
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
KRUSKAL-Wallis Test
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00208132
- Volume :
- 66
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Nursing Review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 136675462
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/inr.12494