title: [Nursing and young people: preliminary study on a group of senior school students].
abstract: The aim of the study was to understand how young people see the nursing profession and to what degree they are attracted by it. The 319 students came from 3 senior schools in Perugia (Umbria) and were issued with a questionnaire : results showed that only about 10% of them were interested in the nursing profession. The reasons given to explain this lack of interest were the unsociable hours and shift work, poor career possibilities , low salary and other explanations demonstrating how little young people know about the nursing profession and the need to correct this situation at both University and Regional level.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy.
authors.forename: Mirella
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giuntella
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002321:Career Choice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D009729:Nursing; D012574:Schools; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires