Study on Nurse Image perceived by High School Students and Intention to Consider Nursing when Selecting a Career

To lay the foundation of strategy development for improving the nurse image of the future by grasping the nurse image and to provide the basic data for promoting the application of excellent students to nursing by grasping the awareness which can affect their careers, this study was conducted for the high school students who were in the stage of a career choice. This study was conducted from June 20, 2014 to July 31, 2014 and the data from the 320 male and female students of 4 high schools in M and S regions was used for analysis. The collected data was analyzed by frequency, percentage, t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson’s correlation coefficients according to the study purpose with SPSS Window 21.0 Program. The results of the study are as follows: First, in a correlation between nurse image perceived by high school students and the characteristics of a career choice, it was indicated that the nurse image perceived by high school students had a correlation with the subjects to consult with for a career choice (r = –.124, p = .027), whether they have intention to consider nursing (r = –.133, p = .017), why they consider nursing (r = –.122, p = .029), and why they don’t consider nursing (r = 114, p = .041).Second, in the correlation of image and the characteristics of a career, the occupational image had a correlation with business image (r = .642, p = .000), the social image did with business image (r = .530, p = .000) and the occupational image (r = .671, p = .000), and the individual image did with business image (r = .831, p = .000), the occupational image (r = .609, p = .000), and the social image (r = .581, p = .000). The subjects to consult with for a career choice did with business image (r = –.132, p = .018) and individual image (r = –.137, p = .014), whether they have intention to consider nursing did with the occupational image (r = –.205, p = .000) and the social image (r = -.237, p = .000), why they consider nursing did with the occupational image (r = –.195, p = .000), the social image (r = –.221, p = .000) and whether they have intention to consider nursing (r = .969, p = .000), and why they don’t consider nursing did with the occupational image (r = .143, p = .010), the social image (r = .144, p = .010) and whether they have intention to consider nursing (r = –.666, p = .000).