ATTITUDES OF STUDENT NURSES TOWARDS A CAREER IN A NURSERY

Abstract

The attitudes towards a choice of a workplace are formed from the opportunity for professional realisation. While progressing through their university education, nurses master a modern, autonomous and regulated profession that enables them to successfully build a career wherever health care is required, including at a nursery.
The aim of this study is to investigate the attitudes of student nurses regarding a career in a nursery.
Materials and methods: A survey was conducted among 58 second - and third - year nursing students at MU-Varna. The survey was conducted during April 2023.
Results and discussion: Students’ awareness of the nurse’s work in a nursery is primarily based on personal impressions during clinical practice at a nursery, with almost half of the surveyed participants considering the time spent for that particular practice to be insufficient. Nevertheless, a majority of them claim that the clinical practice in a nursery has enhanced their knowledge and skills regarding working with children. Out of all the studied disciplines, Children’s pedagogy, Children’s psychology and Nursing care in pediatrics were highlighted as most essential when forming professional competencies in this pathway. More than 1/3 of students want to become a nursery nurse mainly because of the work with children, the convenient working hours and the pedagogical work.