Dunkelberger J E, Aadland S C
Nurs Res. 1984 Jul-Aug;33(4):235-40.
This study was designed to replicate and extend an investigation completed 15 years ago, which was related to recruitment into the nursing profession. The data are provided by the National Longitudinal Study (NLS) of youths followed from high school through young adulthood. The design involved classification of the NLS sample into three groups based on career interest in nursing and ultimate occupational attainment: (1) those who expected to become nurses when in high school and did so; (2) those who expected to become nurses in high school but did not; and (3) those who had other occupational expectations in high school but became nurses. These three recruitment types were analyzed relative to four demographic variables. Only 34% of those who planned to become nurses did so. Those who did not attain their goal were more often from low socioeconomic backgrounds, had lower aptitudes, and were more often nonwhites than were other nursing recruits. Youth in the other two groups were very similar on all variables. Findings were generally consistent with those found in the earlier study although several differences were noted in the composition of the typologies used, indicating that the pattern of recruitment is changing.
本研究旨在重复并拓展一项于15年前完成的调查，该调查与护理专业的招生情况有关。数据由全国青少年纵向研究（NLS）提供，该研究跟踪了从高中到青年成年期的青少年。研究设计是根据对护理职业的兴趣和最终职业成就，将NLS样本分为三组：（1）那些在高中时期望成为护士并最终成为护士的人；（2）那些在高中时期望成为护士但最终未成为护士的人；（3）那些在高中时有其他职业期望但最终成为护士的人。相对于四个人口统计学变量对这三种招生类型进行了分析。只有34%计划成为护士的人最终成为了护士。那些未实现目标的人比其他护理专业新生更常来自社会经济背景较低的家庭，能力较低，且非白人的比例更高。其他两组中的年轻人在所有变量上非常相似。尽管在所用类型的构成上发现了一些差异，但研究结果总体上与早期研究一致，表明招生模式正在发生变化。
