Saudi Secondary School Students Perception toward Image of the Nursing as a Profession

Abstract

During the 21st century, nursing is one of growing field internationally wherever image in nursing is an important component of a pro¬fession. Thus, nursing image means that the manner of nursing personnel is professionals who technically and caring competent in comparing to other professionals in the healthcare settings. Objective: assess Saudi secondary school students ' perception toward Image of the Nursing as a Profession. A cross-sectional descriptive correlational research design was developed to collect the data in this research study. The area of studying was carried out at female and male secondary schools at the western region in Jeddah. The sampling technique was utilized non-probability convenience was utilized for this study. The estimated number of students’was150 students from previous settings. The study tool was nursing image questionnaire classified into two parts: the first part is general information and the second part consists of 28-item that classified into four subscales namely: nursing as a profession, nurses’ roles, the image of nursing, and context of social value. Results the main finding of this study was that a statistical significance was found between dimensions of the nursing image and sources of nursing information as a profession in terms of the context of social value with no differences in between male and female Saudi secondary school students perception of nursing as a profession. Therefore, it is recommended that increase the community awareness through mass media to highlight the advantages of the nursing occupation.