Boughn S, Lentini A
MSN Program, School of Nursing, The College of New Jersey, Ewing 08628-0718, USA.
J Nurs Educ. 1999 Apr;38(4):156-61. doi: 10.3928/0148-4834-19990401-05.
To answer the question, "Why do women choose nursing?", female nursing students were given an opportunity to speak "in their own voices" to reveal their needs, motivations, and expectations. In a study employing grounded theory methodology, 16 female nursing students were interviewed and audiotaped for initial constant comparison analysis. Further analyses employing coding, categorizing, comparing, and contrasting of data made it possible to isolate recurrent words and phrases, and to identify concepts for the purpose of theory building. Reliability was established by both stability analysis and reproducibility analysis. Validity was supported by construct (convergent and discriminant) and representational components. Not surprisingly, the construct of desiring to care for others was readily apparent. However, it was power and empowerment that emerged from the interviews as the most resounding and fully developed construct of the study. Students' references to practical motivations for choosing nursing were so notably scarce that their virtual omission constituted an important theme.
为了回答“女性为何选择护理专业？”这一问题，女护生们获得了一个用“自己的声音”来表达需求、动机和期望的机会。在一项采用扎根理论方法的研究中，对16名女护生进行了访谈并录音，以便进行初步的持续比较分析。通过对数据进行编码、分类、比较和对比的进一步分析，得以分离出反复出现的单词和短语，并为理论构建的目的确定概念。通过稳定性分析和可重复性分析建立了信度。效度得到了结构（收敛和判别）及代表性成分的支持。不出所料，渴望照顾他人这一概念很明显。然而，在访谈中出现的权力和赋权是该研究中最响亮且发展最充分的概念。学生们提及选择护理专业的实际动机极为罕见，以至于它们几乎被忽略这一点构成了一个重要主题。
