Changes in Nursing Students' Career Choices Following the COVID-19 Pandemic in China

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Teris Cheung¹  Gabor S. Ungvari³  Qianqian Zhu⁴  Fengrong An⁴  Hai-Tao Xi⁶  Zong-Mei Ge⁶  Li Chen⁶  Wei Bai⁷  Yan-Jie Zhao⁷  Hong Cai⁷  Yu-Tao Xiang⁷  Pan Chen⁸  Bing-Xiang Yang⁸  Shuo Liu⁸  Lin Han^1,10  Hongyan Zhang^1,10  Zhiwen Wang^1,11  Mengmeng Ji^1,11 

[1] 0School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China;1Division of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Western Australia/Graylands Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia;2Department of Psychiatry, University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, WA, Australia;Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders Beijing Anding Hospital, The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, The Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, School of Mental Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China;Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China;Department of Psychiatry, Jilin University Nursing College, Changchun, China;Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China;School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China;School of Nursing, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China;School of Nursing, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China;School of Nursing, Peking University, Beijing, China;Unit of Psychiatry, Department of Public Health and Medicinal Administration, Institute of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China;

关键词: career choice;    coronavirus disease 19;    nursing students;    pandemic;    cross-sectional study;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyt.2021.657021

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Background: Health professionals including nurses have experienced heavy workload and great physical and mental health challenges during the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic, which may affect nursing students' career choices. This study examined the changes in nursing students' career choices after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in China.Methods: This study was conducted in five University nursing schools in China between September 14, 2020 and October 7, 2020. Career choices before and after the COVID-19 pandemic were collected and analyzed.Results: In total, 1,070 nursing students participated in the study. The reported choice of nursing as future career increased from 50.9% [95% confidence interval (CI): 47.9–53.9%] before the COVID-19 pandemic to 62.7% (95%CI: 59.8–65.6%) after the onset of COVID-19 pandemic. Students who chose nursing as their future career following the COVID-19 outbreak had less severe depression and anxiety compared to those who did not choose nursing, but the associations of depression and anxiety with career choice disappeared in multivariable analyses. Binary logistic regression analysis revealed that male gender [odds ratio (OR) = 0.68, 95% CI: 0.50–0.91], rural residence (OR = 1.53, 95%CI: 1.17–2.00), fourth year students (OR = 0.50, 95%CI: 0.35–0.72), negative experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic (OR = 0.66, 95%CI: 0.47–0.92), and good health (OR = 4.6, 95%CI: 1.78–11.87) were significantly associated with the choice of nursing as future career after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic appeared to have a positive influence on the career choice of nursing among Chinese nursing students.

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