Abstract
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to identify career preparation activities among nursing students. Methods: The study was designed as a descriptive study. Typically, 353 nursing students in the second and third year of the program who were living in D city were included in the study. Results: There were statistically significant differences in career preparation activities with respect to self-reported career aptitude, satisfaction with the nursing school, university life satisfaction, and motivation to study nursing. The variables that affected the students’ career preparation activities were identified as career satisfaction and career search efficacy. Conclusion: Based on the outcomes of the present study, it is considered necessary to develop customized programs to identify the obstacles confronted by students in the process of career preparation activities and ways to overcome them.
Highlights
The purpose of this study was to identify career preparation activities among nursing students
A full-time employment rate of 91.9% has been reported for nursing schools with the first rank amongst all four-year colleges and 89.5% has been reported for vocational colleges [1]
Along with the high employment rate, the turnover rate among nurses is high; in 2014, the rate was 13.9% compared with 2.16% for other health occupations [2]
Summary
The purpose of this study was to identify career preparation activities among nursing students. The competition rate of four-year college nursing schools is 10.4:1 on an average and ranks eighth among all four-year colleges in Korea. A full-time employment rate of 91.9% has been reported for nursing schools with the first rank amongst all four-year colleges and 89.5% has been reported for vocational colleges [1]. Most of the students begin working in the nursing field right after graduation. Along with the high employment rate, the turnover rate among nurses is high; in 2014, the rate was 13.9% compared with 2.16% for other health occupations [2]. The turnover rate of new nurses within one year after graduation was 30%.
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