Development and Psychometric Testing of an Instrument to Compare Career Choice Influences and Perceptions of Nursing Among Healthcare Students

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aut.relation.issue1en_NZ
aut.relation.journalBMC Medical Educationen_NZ
aut.relation.volume17en_NZ
aut.researcherHolroyd, Eleanor
dc.contributor.authorLiaw, SYen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorWu, LTen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorLopez, Ven_NZ
dc.contributor.authorChow, YLen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorLim, Sen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorHolroyd, Een_NZ
dc.contributor.authorTan, KKen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorWang, Wen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-04T04:25:49Z
dc.date.available2019-02-04T04:25:49Z
dc.date.copyright2017-04-27en_NZ
dc.date.issued2017-04-27en_NZ
dc.description.abstractBackground: With the availability of more healthcare courses and an increased intake of nursing students, education institutions are facing challenges to attract school leavers to enter nursing courses. The comparison of career choice influences and perception of nursing among healthcare students can provide information for recruitment strategies. An instrument to compare the influences of healthcare career choice is lacking. The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of an instrument to compare the influences of healthcare career choice with perceptions of nursing as a career choice. Methods: The study was conducted in two phases. In phase one, two sets of scales with parallel items that measure the influences of healthcare career choice and perceptions of nursing as a career choice were developed through an earlier qualitative study, literature review, and expert validation. Phase two involved testing the construct validity, concurrent validity and reliability with a convenience sample of 283 first year healthcare students who were recruited at two education institutions in Singapore. Results: An exploratory factor analysis revealed 35-parallel items in a six-factor solution (personal interest, prior healthcare exposure, self-efficacy, perceived nature of work, job prospects, and social influences) that explained 59 and 64% of the variance for healthcare career choice and nursing as a career choice respectively. A high correlation (r = 0.76, p < 0.001) was obtained with an existing tool, confirming the concurrent validity. The internal consistency was sufficient with Cronbach’s alpha of 0.93 for healthcare career choice and 0.94 for nursing as a career choice. The test-retest reliability was acceptable with an Intraclass Correlation Coefficient of 0.63 for healthcare career choice and 0.60 for nursing as a career choice. Conclusions: The instrument provides opportunities for understanding the differences between influences of healthcare career choice and perceptions of nursing as a career choice. This comparative understanding of career choice influences can guide educator and policy-makers on nursing recruitment.en_NZ
dc.identifier.citationBMC medical education, 17(1), 72.
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12909-017-0910-7en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn1472-6920en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/12223
dc.publisherBioMed Central
dc.relation.urihttps://bmcmededuc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12909-017-0910-7
dc.rights© The Author(s). 2017 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccessen_NZ
dc.subjectCareer choice; Healthcare course; Nursing recruitment; Psychometric testing; Scale development
dc.titleDevelopment and Psychometric Testing of an Instrument to Compare Career Choice Influences and Perceptions of Nursing Among Healthcare Studentsen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
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