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Ann Med Res. 2007; 14(4): 219-225


Nursing, Midwifery and Health Officer Programs Undergraduate Students? Attitudes towards Their Future Career: Motivating/Demotivating Professional Characteristics and Career Preferences

 

Leyla Karaoğlu*, Evrim Çelebi**, Erkan Pehlivan*

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Abstract


 

The objective of this study was to determine Malatya and Elazığ Health Colleges undergraduate students' attitudes towards their future career and to determine their career preferences after graduation.

The study was conducted at Health Colleges of Inonu University in Malatya and Fırat University in Elazığ. Data were obtained from 634 nursing, midwifery and health officer programs students of all grades by administering a self-responded questionnaire in the classrooms between April-May 2001.

The most frequently reported motivating professional characteristic was “to help people” (61.8%). “Society's negative attitude/low status” (59.5%) was the most frequently reported demotivating characteristic of the professions, followed by “uncertainty on task, employment and liability” (59.3%). More than half of the participated students (53.9%) had positive attitudes towards entrance of men in the nursing profession. Negative attitudes reported mostly by the health officer program students (P






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