Al-Omar Badran A
Department of Public Administration, College of Administrative Sciences, King Saud University, PO Box 2459, Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Med J. 2004 Feb;25(2):150-5.
To determine the knowledge, attitudes, and intention among the Saudi high school students towards the nursing profession. In addition, the study aims to identify students' perception of causes preventing them to become nurses. It also aims to determine the factors influencing the Saudi high school students' choice of nursing profession.
We used the descriptive analytical research design. Stratified random sampling procedures were employed to represent the Saudi high school students, 3 male and 3 female schools scattered in all areas of Riyadh city were selected. A total of 600 questionnaires were distributed and 503 questionnaires were returned, of which, 479 questionnaires were valid for analysis (79.8% response rate). The data collection started from November 2002 to January 2003. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the collected data.
High school students scored a reasonable level on the knowledge dimension, but did not achieve high scores on the attitude dimension, however, they achieved very low scores on the intention of being a nurse in the future (5.2% of them indicated nursing as their preferred future job). Inferential data analysis showed that attitude, having or not having a nurse friend and knowledge was found to have significant positive influence on high school students' intention, while long working hours and high work load compared to other jobs were found to have a significant negative influence.
Results indicated that the more knowledge and positive attitude on nursing, the more likely the student would be attracted to the nursing profession. Accordingly, it could be concluded that Saudi health decision-makers need to increase the positive attitude on the nature and encouraging characteristics of modern nursing and its increasing respect as a skillful career for high school students. Reconsideration of salaries and benefits were recommended in order to attract more students to the nursing profession.
确定沙特高中生对护理专业的知识、态度和意向。此外，该研究旨在明确学生对阻碍他们成为护士的原因的看法。它还旨在确定影响沙特高中生选择护理专业的因素。
我们采用描述性分析研究设计。采用分层随机抽样程序来代表沙特高中生，选取了利雅得市各个区域的3所男校和3所女校。共发放600份问卷，回收503份问卷，其中479份问卷有效用于分析（回复率为79.8%）。数据收集从2002年11月开始至2003年1月。使用描述性和推断性统计分析所收集的数据。
高中生在知识维度得分处于合理水平，但在态度维度未取得高分，然而，他们在未来成为护士的意向方面得分非常低（其中5.2%的学生表示护理是他们未来首选的工作）。推断性数据分析表明，态度、有无护士朋友以及知识对高中生的意向有显著的积极影响，而与其他工作相比工作时间长和工作量大则有显著的消极影响。
结果表明，对护理的知识和积极态度越多，学生就越有可能被吸引到护理专业。因此，可以得出结论，沙特的卫生决策者需要增强高中生对现代护理的性质、鼓励特性以及作为一门技术职业日益增长的尊重的积极态度。建议重新考虑薪资和福利，以吸引更多学生投身护理专业。
