ATTITUDES OF NURSING STUDENTS ABOUT MIDWIFERY AS A PROFESSION

Primalje imaju stručno znanje i vještinu u skrbi za žene od planiranja, začeća, do trudnoće, poroda i nakon poroda. Često ljudi nisu svjesni da primalje također pružaju zdravstvene usluge ženama u svim fazama života, od tinejdžerskih godina do menopauze. Cilj rada bio je istražiti kakvi su stavovi i mišljenja studenata izvanrednog studija Sestrinstva 1. i 3. godine o primaljstvu kao profesiji, utvrditi smatraju li studenti da je primaljstvo cjenjenija profesija od sestrinstva, te postoji li statistički značajna razlika između stavova studenata 1. i 3. godine. Istraživanje je provedeno na Fakultetu zdravstvenih studija u Rijeci, među studentima 1. i 3. godine izvanrednog stručnog studija Sestrinstva. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 80 ispitanika, ispunjavanjem anonimnog upitnika. Za interpretaciju rezultata korištene su metode deskriptivne statistike.Midwives have the expertise and skill in caring for women from planning, conceiving, to pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. Often people are unaware that midwives also provide health services to women at all stages of life, from adolescence to menopause. The aim of the study was to investigate the attitudes and opinions of 1st and 3rd year part-time nursing students about midwifery as a profession, to determine whether students consider midwifery a more valued profession than nursing, and whether there is a statistically significant difference between students' attitudes at 1. and 3rd year of study. The research was conducted at the Faculty of Health Studies in Rijeka, among 1st and 3rd year students of the part-time professional study of Nursing. 80 respondents participated in the research, by filling out an anonymous questionnaire. Descriptive statistics methods were used to interpret the results