Table 3 Survey of final year students completing nursing programmes in 2020 (n = 298)
From: Origins, characteristics and destination of nursing students in South West England
Adult n (%) | Degree apprenticeship n (%) | Child n (%) | Midwifery n (%) | Mental Health n (%) | Total n (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of respondents | 196 | 10 | 32 | 34 | 26 | 298 |
Age on application n / (%) | ||||||
17–19 | 42 (21) | 0 | 15 (47) | 9 (27) | 11 (42) | 77 (26) |
20–29 | 83 (42) | 3 (30) | 12 (35) | 13 (38) | 9 (35) | 120 (40) |
30–39 | 44 (22) | 4 (40) | 4 (13) | 9 (27) | 5 (19) | 66 (22) |
40–49 | 24 (12) | 2 (20) | 0 | 3 (9) | 1 (4) | 30 (10) |
50 + | 3 (2) | 1 (10) | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 5 (2) |
Sex – female n / (%) | 189 (96) | 9 (90) | 30 (94) | 34 (100) | 23 (88) | 285 (96) |
Home county on application n / (%) | ||||||
South West | 180 (91.8) | 10 (100) | 29 (90.6) | 30 (88.2) | 23 (88.5) | 272 (91.3) |
Wales | 3 (1.5) | 0 | 1 (3.1) | 0 | 1 (3.8) | 5 (1.7) |
South East | 2 (1.0) | 0 | 0 | 2 (5.8) | 0 | 4 (1.3) |
West Midlands | 2 (1.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (3.8) | 3 (1.0) |
London | 2 (1.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.7) |
Other | 7 (3.5) | 0 | 2 (6.2) | 2 (5.8) | 1 (3.8) | 12 (4.0) |
Mean deprivation scorea / (n) | 15,726 (176) | 15,093 (9) | 16,596 (26) | 16,421 (29) | 18,333 (24) | 16,103 (264) |
First job destination type n / (%) | ||||||
Acute | 131 (74) | 6 (60) | 22 (100) | 22 (100) | 2 (9) | 183 (72) |
Community/ mental health | 45 (25.4) | 4 (40) | 0 | 0 | 18 (82) | 67 (27) |
Prison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (9) | 2 (1) |
Navy | 1 (0.6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0) |
First job location n / (%) | ||||||
Localb | 166 (88.3) | 10 (100) | 16 (61.5) | 24 (85.7) | 20 (83.3) | 236 (86) |
Non-local | 22 (11.7) | 0 | 10 (38.5) | 4 (14.3) | 4 (16.7) | 40 (14) |