%0 Journal Article
%T Perceptions of nursing as a future profession among high school students' females in AL-RASS city, Saudi Arabia
%A Arwa Al-humaidan
%A Fathia Mersal
%J -
%D 2017
%R 10.14419/ijans.v6i2.8152
%X Background: Saudi Arabia has a huge shortage of Saudi nurses. Therefore, the students¡¯ perception of nursing affect their future choice of nursing career. Despite nursing is an honorable profession the majority of Saudi¡¯s families still do not think like that about nursing. Aim: This study aimed to explore the Perceptions of nursing as a future profession among Secondary school students' females in Al Rass city KSA. Design: A cross-sectional descriptive design was utilized. Sample: A convenient sample of female¡¯s secondary school was included. Tools: Professional nursing perception questionnaires were used and provided to 225 females aged 16 and above who are attending the largest 4 high governmental schools in Al-Rass city in the Qassim region of KSA. Result: the result revealed that almost all had an idea about the functional aspect of nursing career, and 37% of them have got this infor-mation from media. However, only 29% of participants will choose nursing as a future career. Additionally, 55.1% of participants indicated that nursing requires science background that was their primary reason to avoid nursing career. Conclusion: this study concluded that the majority of respondents do not prefer nursing as future career. Therefore, there is a critical need to enhance the image of nursing and attract more high school students into this profession.
%U https://www.sciencepubco.com/index.php/IJANS/article/view/8152