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Research Paper | Nursing | India | Volume 14 Issue 1, January 2025 | Rating: 5.4 / 10
A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Survey to Identify the Adolescent?s Perception of Nursing as a Carrier Choice and the Factors Influencing their Choice
Monica N. Umaraniya, Janaki Shinde
Abstract: Introduction: This study aimed to assess the perception and to identify the factors influencing the junior college students to choose Nursing as their future career. Methods: A cross sectional descriptive exploratory designed was used. by non-probability purposive sampling technique samples of 201 junior college adolescents chosen at Kolhapur, Maharashtra. Structured Likert scale was administered to samples to identify their perception regarding nursing. And structured questionnaire was given to identify the factors influencing adolescents to choose nursing as their career. Analysis: Data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The study revealed that 105(52.20%) adolescents said Yes to choose nursing, 96(4.80%) said No to nursing as their career. Among 201 samples, 80 had positive perception, 117 had moderate perception and only 4 had negative perception towards Nursing profession. Also results revealed that there is a significant association found between the perception of nursing with their selected socio demographic variable. i.e. (age, gender, stream) at 0.05 level of significance.
Keywords: adolescents, perception, nursing, factors, career
Edition: Volume 14 Issue 1, January 2025,
Pages: 1295 - 1300