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Reasons For Choice Of A First Position By Graduates Of Diploma School Of Nursing, Carol Adele Craig Jun 1963

Reasons For Choice Of A First Position By Graduates Of Diploma School Of Nursing, Carol Adele Craig

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

It was the purpose of this study to investigate reasons for the choice of a first position by graduates from diploma programs in nursing. This included factors motivating the choice, the time of choice, and reasons for liking and disliking clinical areas. Questionnaires were mailed to 756 graduates of the class of 1961 from twenty-three representative schools. Approximately 46 percent were returned completed.

Major findings were as follows:

1. Reasons for choice of a first position rating a high percentage of total possible score on the rating scale were: to increase technical skill, 84.6 per cent; to continue learning, 81.6 …