Factors Influencing Career Preparation Behavior of Nursing Students
10.15715/kjhcom.2024.19.1.11
- Author:
Jihyun PARK
1
;
Juyoung PARK
Author Information
1. Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, Daegu Catholic University
- Publication Type:Research paper
- From:
Health Communication
2024;19(1):11-18
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Purpose: : This study is a descriptive research study to identify factors that influence the career preparation behavior of nursing students.
Methods: : The subjects were 153 students attending nursing school. The data were analyzed using the SPSS Statistics 25.0 program with descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffé test and Pearson’s correlation coefficients and stepwise multiple regression analysis.
Results: : The degree of career preparation behavior of the subjects differed depending on their interpersonal relationships(F=3.093, p=.029). The subject’s career preparation behavior had a positive correlation with nursing professionalism and self-efficacy. As a result of stepwise regression analysis, factors related to the subject’s career preparation behavior were found to be in the order of self-efficacy and nursing professionalism. These variables were found to explain 14.7% of career preparation behavior (F=12.903, p<.001). Nursing professionalism (t=3.283, p=.001), professor trust (t=2.148, p=.033), and self-efficacy (t=2.745, p=.007) of subjects with high career preparation behavior scores were higher than those of subjects with low career preparation behavior scores.
Conclusion: : It was found that nursing students’ nursing professional intuition and self-efficacy influenced career preparation behavior. In addition, nursing students with a high level of career preparation behavior were found to have higher nursing professional intuition, trust in professors, and self-efficacy than nursing students with a low level of career preparation behavior. Based on the results of this study, efforts are needed to improve nursing professional intuition and self-efficacy in order to promote career preparation behavior among nursing students.
