title: Factors influencing nursing career choices and choice of study program.
abstract: In advance of a recruitment campaign, Israeli first-year nursing students of all ethnicities were surveyed to elucidate what factors had influenced them to make nursing their career and what sort of training track they preferred. The responses made it clear that different factors influence different groups differently. There were noticeable differences by gender, age, and ethnicity. Overall, training institutions were chosen for their closeness to the student's home but other factors also operated among particular groups, such as institutional prestige and flexible entry criteria. There was a blatant preference for academic, particularly university-sited, programs over diploma programs.
authors.affiliation: a Research Unit, Nursing Division , Israel Ministry of Health , Jerusalem , Israel.
authors.forename: Yafa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Haron
authors.forename: Sima
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reicher
authors.forename: Shoshana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Riba
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002321:Career Choice; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000639:trends*; D004510:Education, Nursing, Diploma Programs; D004651:Employment / Q000458:organization & administration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups; D024802:Nurse's Role; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000191:economics; D012737:Sex Factors; D013338:Students, Nursing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: career choice; marketing; nurse training programs; nurses; recruitment