Table 3.
Frequencies of Quantitative Motivational Variables and Students’ Opinions.
| Variable | First choice (N = 21) |
Second choice (N = 19) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Session 3: Social and family influences | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Were you guided by your family in choosing the university studies? | |||
| Yes | 14 (66.7) + | 5 (26.3) − | 0.011 |
| No | 7 (33.3) − | 14 (73.7) + | |
| Is someone a nurse among your connections? | |||
| Yes | 17 (81.0) | 10 (52.6) | 0.056 |
| No | 4 (19.0) | 9 (47.4) | |
| Have you ever seen films, advertisements, documentaries, news that describe the figure of the nurse? | |||
| Yes | 15 (71.4) | 13 (68.4) | 0.836 |
| No | 6 (28.6) | 6 (31.6) | |
| Is the view of the media regarding the figure of the nurse positive? | |||
| Yes | 10 (47.6) | 10 (52.6) | 0.752 |
| No | 11 (52.4) | 9 (47.4) | |
| Is the view of the media regarding the figure of the nurse negative? | |||
| Yes | 5 (23.8) | 3 (15.8) | 0.527 |
| No | 16 (76.2) | 16 (84.2) | |
| Have you had experiences in the health sector or illness that have influenced your choice? | |||
| Yes | 6 (28.6) | 2 (10.5) | 0.154 |
| No | 15 (71.4) | 17 (89.5) | |
| Session 4: Student beliefs and opinions | |||
| Do you think the nurse can make a career in his job? | |||
| Yes | 21 (100.00) | 19 (100.00) | n.a. |
| No | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | |
| In your opinion, can nurses make a career in the clinical practice and specialist fields? | |||
| Yes | 20 (95.2) | 15 (78.9) | 0.120 |
| No | 1 (4.8) | 4 (21.1) | |
| In your opinion, can nurses make a career in the training-education sector? | |||
| Yes | 7 (33.3) | 8 (42.1) | 0.567 |
| No | 14 (66.7) | 11 (57.9) | |
| In your opinion, can nurses make a career in the managerial field? | |||
| Yes | 4 (19.0) | 5 (26.3) | 0.583 |
| No | 17 (81.0) | 14 (73.7) | |
| In your opinion, can nurses make a career in University Research? | |||
| Yes | 9 (42.9) | 7 (36.8) | 0.698 |
| No | 12 (57.1) | 12 (63.2) | |
| In your opinion, can nurses make a career in the field of consultancy, technical and professional? | |||
| Yes | 6 (28.6) | 5 (26.3) | 0.873 |
| No | 15 (71.4) | 14 (73.7) | |
| Session 5: Future projects | |||
| Will you continue your studies after graduating with a Bachelor Degree in Nursing? | |||
| Yes | 21 (100,00) | 19 (100,00) | n.a. |
| No | 0 (0,00) | 0 (0,00) | |
| After graduating, in which setting would you like to work? | |||
| Hospital | 1 (4.8) | 2 (10.5) | 0.228 |
| Community | 20 (95.2) | 15 (79.0) | |
| Everywhere | 0 (0,0) | 2 (10.5) | |
| If in a hospital setting, in which specialist area? | |||
| Surgery | 6 (28.6) | 5 (26.3) | 0.965 |
| Medicine | 1 (4.8) | 1 (5.3) | |
| Geriatrics | 1 (4.8) | 1 (5.3) | |
| Pediatrics | 6 (28.6) | 6 (31.6) | |
| Psychiatry | 1 (4.8) | 1 (5.3) | |
| Emergency/Urgency | 6 (28.6) | 5 (26.3) | |
| Other (specify) | 0 (0,00) | 0 (0,00) |
Note: + and − signs refer to adapted residual equal to 2; p values refer to analysis of variance tests, in bold are the significant effects; n.a. = not applicable.