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Multicultural Students' Perceptions of Nursing as a Career
Author(s) -
Reiskin Helen,
Haussler Susan C.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
image: the journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 0743-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1994.tb00295.x
Subject(s) - multiculturalism , perception , psychology , nursing , career development , pedagogy , medical education , medicine , neuroscience
Junior year students (=276) at a culturally diverse, urban high school were surveyed to examine how their perceptions of nursing compared with their perceptions of an ideal career. Findings indicate that significant differences exist among cultural and racial groups and between genders. Recommendations are made to increase recruitment of multicultural students into nursing .