Williams Cheryl, Dickstein-Fischer Laurie
About the Authors Cheryl Williams, PhD, RN, NP-C, CNE, and Laurie Dickstein-Fischer, PhD, NCC, LMHC, are assistant professors in nursing and education, School Counseling Department, Salem State University, Salem, Massachusetts. Dr. Cheryl Williams was a participant in the 2017 NLN Scholarly Writing Retreat, sponsored by the NLN Chamberlain College of Nursing Center for the Advancement of the Science of Nursing Education. The authors acknowledge Salem State University graduate students Kathryn Cotraro, MSN, RN, Lauren Gallant, MSN, RN, and Susan Stone, MSN, RN. For more information, contact Dr. Williams at
Nurs Educ Perspect. 2019 Jan/Feb;40(1):30-34. doi: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000348.
The focus of this study was to examine which attributes school counselors perceive as necessary for middle and high school students interested in a career in nursing.
School counselors play a pivotal role in secondary students' career development but were found to have limited knowledge about the need for increased academic rigor in nursing.
A national sample of 204 school counselors responded to a web-based survey that examined perceptions of necessary attributes of prospective nursing students.
This is the first national study to identify school counselors' perceived attributes of prospective nursing students. Results included trustworthiness and caring; academic attributes ranked lower.
School counselors in this study perceived nursing as a caring profession but not necessarily an academic one. Early intervention in middle school may alter preconceived images of nursing as exclusively female and caring but also as a profession that requires much academic preparation.
本研究的重点是考察学校辅导员认为对于有志于从事护理职业的初、高中学生而言哪些特质是必要的。
学校辅导员在中学生的职业发展中起着关键作用，但研究发现他们对护理专业提高学术要求的必要性了解有限。
对204名学校辅导员进行全国性抽样，他们回复了一项基于网络的调查，该调查考察了对未来护理专业学生必要特质的看法。
这是第一项确定学校辅导员对未来护理专业学生特质看法的全国性研究。结果包括可信赖和有爱心；学术特质的排名较低。
本研究中的学校辅导员认为护理是一个有爱心的职业，但不一定是一个学术性职业。初中阶段的早期干预可能会改变人们对护理的先入为主的印象，即护理只是女性的、有爱心的职业，同时也是一个需要大量学术准备的职业。
