Departments of Nursing (Drs Avraham and Grinstein-Cohen) and Emergency Medicine (Drs Wacht and Yaffe), Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel; and Magen David Adom, Israel (Drs Wacht and Yaffe).
Nurse Educ. 2023;48(4):E116-E121. doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001392. Epub 2023 Mar 3.
Although in the past, the decision to enter the nursing profession was mainly due to intrinsic motives, more recent generations present additional extrinsic career choice motives. The motivation of choosing a nursing career may be affected by global health events, such as COVID-19.
To examine the motivation for choosing a nursing career during COVID-19.
A repeated cross-sectional study was conducted among 211 first-year nursing students at a university in Israel. A questionnaire was distributed during 2020 and 2021. Linear regression evaluated the motives that predict choosing a nursing career during COVID-19.
Intrinsic motives were the leading motives for choosing a nursing career in a univariate analysis. A multivariate linear model revealed that choosing a nursing career during the pandemic was associated with extrinsic motives (β= .265, P < .001). Intrinsic motives did not predict choosing a nursing career during COVID-19.
Reassessment of motives among candidates may help the efforts of faculty and nursing to recruit and retain nurses in the profession.
尽管过去人们选择护理职业主要是出于内在动机，但最近几代人则有更多外在的职业选择动机。选择护理职业的动机可能会受到全球卫生事件（如 COVID-19）的影响。
探讨在 COVID-19 期间选择护理职业的动机。
在以色列一所大学的 211 名一年级护理学生中进行了一项重复的横截面研究。在 2020 年和 2021 年期间发放了问卷。线性回归评估了在 COVID-19 期间预测选择护理职业的动机。
在单变量分析中，内在动机是选择护理职业的主要动机。多元线性模型显示，在大流行期间选择护理职业与外在动机有关（β=.265，P <.001）。内在动机并不能预测在 COVID-19 期间选择护理职业。
重新评估候选人的动机可能有助于教师和护理人员努力招募和留住护理专业人员。
