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Objective: The study was aimed at investigating nursing students’ attitudes towards nursing profession, and factors affecting their attitudes. Material and Methods:The study was carried out with 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd and 4 th year nursing students of a health college in Turkey between May 21, 2012 and June 22, 2012. The population of the study included 292 students attending the health college. Because some students were absent from school at the time the study was conducted, some did not want to participate in the study, or some did not fill in the questionnaires completely, the study was conducted with 251 students. The participation rate was 86%.Nursing Students’ Identification Form and Attitude Scale toward Nursing Profession (ASNP) were used as data collection tools in the study. Results: The mean age of the participants was 21.54 ± 1.72. Of them, 66.5% chose nursing of their own free will, 72.5% were satisfied with the nursing department, 53.8% considered the school's education satisfactory and 57.4% considered that the school administration and staff made satisfactory effort to gain students the sense of the profession. The mean score the participants obtained from the ASNP was 158.43. There was no statistically significant difference between their mean ASNP scores with regard to their age (kW = 0.710, P = 0.701). However, there were statistically significant differences between their mean ASNP scores with regard to their gender (t = 2.161, P = 0.032), year at school (t = 6.613, P = 0.001), whether they have chosen nursing of their own free will (t=6.613, P=0.001) and whether they were satisfied with the nursing department (10.629, P = 0.001). Conclusion: The results of this study demonstrated that nursing students had positive attitudes towards nursing. Of the participants who were female, who chose nursing of their own free will, who were satisfied with nursing, who considered the education given by the school as satisfactory and who considered that the school administration and staff made satisfactory effort to gain students the sense of the profession displayed more favorable attitudes towards nursing.

Nursing Students’ Attitudes toward the Nursing Profession in western Turkey and Affecting Factors