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Hodes/NSNA Student and Faculty Surveys
The results are in for these joint surveys
In 2004, Bernard Hodes Group and the National Student Nurses' Association (NSNA) co-sponsored two important surveys--one for student nurses and one for nursing school faculty. These online surveys were available from September 1 to October 15, 2004, and were completed by 2,057 nursing students and 121 nursing school faculty.
The results of these surveys are important not just for compiling demographic information on nursing student and faculty populations, but also for providing insight into the impediments facing minority and nontraditional students entering nursing. Our conclusions can also help a variety of health care sectors with their initiatives to recruit more people into nursing.
Nursing Students Survey
This survey consisted of 11 questions on the students' motivations for entering the nursing profession, the challenges and deterrents for underrepresented RN candidates, the most effective means of attracting underrepresented candidates into nursing, and whether the respondents viewed themselves as nontraditional students.
The survey revealed some surprising and not-so-surprising results. As expected, altruism is still the number one reason for choosing the nursing profession. Students saw nursing as a calling and becoming a nurse a dream. In addition, students cited the need for financial assistance, and lack of mentors and guidance in high school as the biggest challenges for underrepresented candidates.
Our unexpected results included the fact that only 33% of respondents entered nursing programs right after high school. Those who went to nursing school later in life had other careers first or focused on marriage and family. In fact, 67% of students surveyed were older students with families, and second-career and second-degree students, and considered themselves nontraditional students
Faculty Survey
Our survey of nursing school faculty consisted of 12 questions and was designed to gather information on their knowledge of existing nursing courses focusing on multicultural competency and their perceptions of the barriers encountered by underrepresented candidates in nursing.
The faculty agreed with the students for the most part in terms of the barriers facing underrepresented candidates, citing the need for financial assistance and lack of guidance in high school as the top two challenges. The faculty also pointed to lack of minority peers and college entrance exams as further obstacles.
In terms of courses addressing multicultural issues, the numbers weren't very encouraging, with 60% of respondents citing that their program didn't offer cultural competency classes and 71% saying their program didn't include courses on transcultural nursing.
Find out more about how we can help you with your health care recruiting. Contact our Health Care team at 1.800.582.4668 or healthcare@hodes.com
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