title: Exemplar: factors influencing Turkish hospital nurses' attitudes towards their profession: a descriptive survey.
abstract: This research was conducted as a descriptive study for the purpose of determining nurses' attitudes towards their profession and the factors influencing their attitudes. A purposeful sampling technique was used to make selection from 15 hospitals in total. A quota sampling method was used to determine the number of nurses, and initially, it was planned to include 1000 nurses from private and public hospitals in the study; however, valid data was obtained from 834 nurses. A 17-item questionnaire was used to determine the respondents' opinions about the profession. In addition, a 55-item scale was used to collect data regarding the nurses' attitudes towards their profession, as well. Frequency distribution, percentage calculation, One way ANOVA, t-test, Kruskal-Wallis and Tukey HSD were used in the analysis of the data. As a result of the study, nurses had 164 point on average in the 55-item scale, and accordingly, certain personal and professional factors like education level, position at work, professional experience and the employer institute were found to affect nurses' attitudes towards their profession.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Management Department, School of Nursing, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serap
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Altuntas
authors.forename: Ulku
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Baykal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D002321:Career Choice; D016304:Hospitals, Private; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008875:Middle Aged; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D011361:Professional Competence; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data