Nursing students’ career identity, satisfaction with major, and career stress by career decision type

Aim This study aimed to understand the career decision types of nursing college students and accordingly identify their career identity, satisfaction with major, and career stress. Methods Convenience sampling was used to recruit nursing students (N = 220) attending the same college in Korea. Data w...

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Published in:Japan journal of nursing science : JJNS 2020-01, Vol.17 (1), p.e12281-n/a
Main Author: Jung, Young‐Mi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
career choice
career counseling
Careers
Extracurricular activities
Identity
Job satisfaction
Nursing
Nursing education
Occupational stress
University students
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Summary:Aim This study aimed to understand the career decision types of nursing college students and accordingly identify their career identity, satisfaction with major, and career stress. Methods Convenience sampling was used to recruit nursing students (N = 220) attending the same college in Korea. Data were collected from May 1 to May 30, 2017. General characteristics included sex, grade, religion, extracurricular activities, and motive for their nursing major choice. The instruments included career decision type, career identity, satisfaction with major, and career stress. Results Total cases of clusters showed 79 (39.5%) individuals in the undecided‐uncomfortable type, 75 (37.5%) in decided‐comfortable, 32 (16.0%) in undecided‐comfortable, and 14 (7.0%) in decided‐uncomfortable. The results indicated statistically significant differences in grade (P = .001), religion (P = .040), nursing major selection motive (P = .030), career identity (P 
ISSN:1742-7932
1742-7924
DOI:10.1111/jjns.12281