Nursing students' opinion of nursing profession

Cilj: Ispitati razliku u mišljenjima o sestrinstvu studenata prve i treće godine preddiplomskog studija i druge godine diplomskog studija sestrinstva na Medicinskom fakultetu u Osijeku te istražiti utječe li obrazovanje na kreiranje mišljenja studenata o sestrinstvu kao profesiji. Ispitanici i metode: U istraživanju su sudjelovala 123 studenta. Istraživanje je provedeno na Medicinskom fakultetu u Osijeku. Kao instrument istraživanja korišten je anketni upitnik strukturiran za potrebe ovog istraživanja. Primijenjena je deskriptivna statistička obrada. Rezultati: Prema godinama studija statistički značajna razlika nije pronađena niti u jednoj tvrdnji o poimanju sestrinstva kao profesije, a o društvenim vrijednostima sestrinstva statistički značajne razlike pronađene su u medijanima tvrdnje „Medicinske sestre i tehničari su cijenjeni u društvu“, na što su najpozitivnije odgovorili studenti preddiplomskog studija, a najnegativnije studenti druge godine diplomskog studija (p = 0,028). Slična je podjela pronađena i u tvrdnji „Prikaz rada medicinskih sestara/tehničara u medijima je adekvatan“ (p = 0,031). Statistički značajne razlike vide se u postojanju svijesti o sestrinstvu kao profesiji u mišljenju kako „Medicinske sestre/tehničari zarađuju mnogo novca“, što je vidljivo u pomaku interkvartilnog raspona s 2-3 u dvije godine preddiplomskog studija na 1-2 na drugoj godini diplomskog studija (p = 0,027). Slična razlika vidljiva je i u tvrdnji da „Medicinska sestra/tehničar ima jednaki autoritet kao i drugi članovi tima“, s čime se najmanje slažu studenti druge godine diplomskog studija (p < 0,001). Zaključak: Postoji razlika u mišljenjima studenata s obzirom na godine studija te se mišljenje studenata o pojedinim tvrdnjama mijenja tijekom procesa studiranja.Aim: To examine the difference in the opinion regarding nursing profession among nursing students of the first and third year of the University Undergraduate Study of Nursing and students of the second year of the University Graduate Study of Nursing at the Medical Faculty of Osijek, as well as the influence of education on students' opinions about nursing as a profession. Examinees and methods: 123 students participated in this research. Research was carried out at the Medical Faculty of Osijek. A survey was created and used as an instrument for the requirements of this research. Descriptive statistic analysis was used. Results: When it comes to students' year of study, no statistically significant difference was found in any of the claims about the perception of nursing as a profession. However, regarding social values of nursing, statistically significant differences were found in the medians of the statement “Nurses are respected in society”, with undergraduate students giving the most positive answers, and students of the second year of graduate study providing the most negative ones (p = 0.028). A similar contrast is found in the statement: “There is an adequate representation of work done by nurses and medical technicians in the media” (p = 0.031). Statistically significant differences in the existence of the awareness of nursing as a profession can be seen in the belief that “Nurses/medical technicians earn a lot of money”, which is evident in the shift of the interquartile range value from 2-3 for the two years of undergraduate study to 1-2 for the second year of graduate study (p = 0.027). A similar difference is observable in the statement that “A nurse/medical technician has the same authority as the other members of the team”, a statement that the second-year graduate students agree with the least (p