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Table 3 Students’ Cognition of Nurse Occupation

From: Investigating the intentions and reasons of senior high school students in registering for nursing education in China

Item

N

N*(%)

Univariate regression

Multivariate regression

   

OR (95% CI)

P value

OR (95% CI)

P value

 

Employment situation for nurses

  

0.72(0.59, 0.88)

0.02

0.76(0.60, 0.96)

0.02

 

 Job supply far greater than demand

2722

27(0.34)

     

 Job supply and demand balance

2291

14(0.61)

     

 Job supply far less than demand

3037

18(0.38)

     

Nurse’s career prospects

  

1.40(1.01, 1.95)

0.04

1.17(0.78, 1.77)

0.44

 

 Very pessimistic

159

4(2.52)

     

 Pessimistic

576

7(1.22)

     

 Neutral

3651

11(0.3)

     

 Optimistic

3081

22(0.71)

     

 Very optimistic

583

15(2.57)

     

Medical work environment for nurses

  

1.43(1.07, 1.93)

0.02

1.34(0.88, 2.03)

0.17

 

 Extremely unfriendly

160

5(3.13)

     

 Unfriendly

920

0(0)

     

 Average

3329

21(0.63)

     

 Friendly

2808

16(0.57)

     

 Very friendly

833

17(2.04)

     

Social status

  

1.37(1.04, 1.80)

0.03

0.56(0.36, 0.86)

0.01

 

 Very low

123

5(4.07)

     

 Low

1045

10(0.96)

     

 Average

3819

15(0.39)

     

 High

2435

16(0.66)

     

 Very high

628

13(2.07)

     

Sense of achievement

  

1.493(1.10, 2.02)

0.01

1.51(1.00, 2.27)

0.048

 

 Very low

113

3(2.65)

     

 Low

794

6(0.76)

     

 Average

3227

10(0.31)

     

 High

2938

22(0.75)

     

 Very high

978

18(1.84)

     

Know the work of a nurse very well

  

1.85(1.38, 2.49)

< 0.001

1.76(1.25, 2.49)

0.001

 

 Strongly disagree

372

1(0.27)

     

 Disagree

1196

8(0.67)

     

 Neutral

4077

17(0.42)

     

 Agree

1924

21(1.09)

     

 Strongly agree

481

12(2.49)