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2014

Nursing

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City University of New York (CUNY)

Nursing

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The Relationship Of Nursing Career Perception Congruence And Perceived Social Support On Hispanic Middle School Female Nursing Career Choice, Karen Vicino Bourgeois Jun 2014

The Relationship Of Nursing Career Perception Congruence And Perceived Social Support On Hispanic Middle School Female Nursing Career Choice, Karen Vicino Bourgeois

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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of nursing career perception congruence and perceived social support on Hispanic middle school females' nursing career choice. A non-experimental descriptive, cross sectional design examined the relationship in a convenience sample of 200 Hispanic middle school females from the New York tri-state area. Instruments used to measure nursing career choice, nursing career perception congruence, and perceived social support, were: (1) the Nursing Career Choice Questionnaire (NCC); (2) Attitudes, Values, and Beliefs Scale (AVBS); and (3) the Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale (CASSS) .Multinomial logistic regression analyses indicated support for the …