An analysis of children's thoughts about the nursing profession using the method of having children draw pictures
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Tarih
2012
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DRUNPP-SARAJEVO
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info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
Purpose: The research was carried out for the purpose of analyzing the thoughts of children, ages 11-13, about the professions of nursing, using the method of having children draw pictures. Materials and Methods: The study was of descriptive design and the research universe comprised pupils in the second tier (6th, 7th, and 8th grades) of a primary school located in the Esenler District of Istanbul. Sample size was calculated with the familiar sample formula and on the day of the study, 147 willing students who were present that day were accepted into the study group. Data was collected using a Questionnaire that consisted of 10 questions related to the children's socio-demographic characteristics and the topic of the research. To determine the children's thoughts on the nursing profession, the students were asked to draw the first thing that came to their minds when they heard the word "nurse." The pictures the children drew were analyzed in terms of the children's positive/negative concepts about the role of the nurse and about nurses in general. The data was analyzed in terms of descriptive statistics (percentages, means) and evaluated using the chi-square test. Results: The mean age of the children in the study was 12.00 +/- .82 and 54.4% were girls. Of the children, 58.5% stated that they had never been hospitalized and 78.2% said they had no acquaintances who worked as a nurse. When the drawings were examined, it was found that 68.7% of the children had included the figure of a nurse, 70.7% had depicted the therapeutic role of nurses in their drawings, and 83.2% were found to have positive thoughts about the nursing profession. It was determined that there was a significant difference in children's thoughts about nurses according to their genders and whether or not they were acquainted with an actual nurse (p<0.05). Conclusion: The children in the study mostly reflected the therapeutic role of the nurse in their drawings, and it was found that girls in particular and also children who knew people who were nurses had more positive thoughts about nurses.
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children, nurses, drawings, drawing pictures
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HEALTHMED
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6
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6
