Rossiter J C, Foong A, Chan P T
International Medical College, Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.
Nurse Educ Today. 1999 Aug;19(6):464-71. doi: 10.1054/nedt.1999.0331.
The increased development of hospital services in Hong Kong over the last decade has given rise in the demand for more recruits to join the nursing profession. Despite the advancement in education and the improvement in the working conditions, the problems of attracting sufficient new recruits remain critical. This study aimed to examine high school students' attitudes towards the nursing profession and to identify the contributing factors affecting shortage of nurses within the context of Hong Kong. A convenience sample of 375 high school students was recruited. A questionnaire was used to measure their knowledge, attitudes and intention to study nursing. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to describe their career preferences and to compare knowledge, attitudes and intention scales between gender and nursing exposure groups. Results indicated that the students were generally knowledgeable about nursing but were reluctant to pursue nursing as a career. However, students who were socially acquainted with a nurse demonstrated a slightly more positive attitude towards nursing and slightly higher intention to pursue nursing as a career compared with those having no social acquaintance with a nurse. Implications for promotion of nursing profession and limitations of the study were discussed.
在过去十年中，香港医院服务的不断发展导致对更多护士加入护理行业的需求增加。尽管教育水平有所提高，工作条件也有所改善，但吸引足够新员工的问题仍然严峻。本研究旨在考察高中生对护理行业的态度，并在香港的背景下确定影响护士短缺的因素。招募了375名高中生作为便利样本。使用问卷调查来衡量他们对护理的了解、态度和学习护理的意愿。描述性和推断性统计用于描述他们的职业偏好，并比较性别和护理接触组之间的知识、态度和意愿量表。结果表明，学生们对护理总体上有所了解，但不愿将护理作为职业。然而，与没有与护士有过社交接触的学生相比，与护士有过社交接触的学生对护理表现出略为积极的态度，以及略高的将护理作为职业的意愿。讨论了促进护理行业发展的意义以及本研究的局限性。
