Social profile and causes of choosing nursing as a career among junior nursing students of the High Institute of Nursing, Cairo University

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to identify the social profile of enrolled students to the High Institute of Nursing and to investigate the causes that led them to choose nursing as a career. The sample included 166 nursing students of first and second year. A questionnaire of 20 items on demographic data, social profile, as well as knowledge of the Institute, and the nursing career and causes of choosing nursing as a career, was designed. From the results obtained it was concluded that the student's family social profile affects his career choice. Students get information from relatives on career options. Family socializes students to choose specific career. Nursing provides now an attractive career that attracts new students as a result of the changing nursing image in society, as well as the attractive salary, improving hospital working conditions, opportunities for growth that are available now in model hospitals as the military, private and university hospitals, which are preferred by students. The fact of immediate employment is also another motivator for choosing nursing