title: High school students' perceptions of nursing as a career: a pilot study.
abstract: A pilot survey of 300 high school junior students was implemented to elicit their perceptions of nursing and to explore the relationship between the experience of having a nursing role model and the decision to consider nursing as a career. The results indicated that the majority of students in the sample were aware of the caring and helping aspects of nursing, but there seemed to be a lack of knowledge about expanded roles and opportunities for advancement. High school students had significantly different mean opinion scores according to their sex (F = 17.03, p less than 0001) and the decision to consider nursing as a career (F = 10.00, p less than 002). There appeared to be a significant relationship between the experience of having a nurse role model and consideration of nursing as a career option (chi 2 = 8.23, p less than .0041). These findings have important implications for recruitment of young people into the nursing profession.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grossman
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Cameron
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Munro
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002321:Career Choice; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009729:Nursing / Q000639:trends*; D010465:Perception; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000078329:Workforce