LONGITUDINAL SURVEY OF FDU NURSING STUDENTS :
AN EXPLORATION INTO INTEREST IN NURSING ROLES

FIRST SURVEY: FRESHMAN LEVEL STUDENTS :1998
SECOND SURVEY: SEVEN YEARS LATER : 2005

Description:

Nurses have many choices when it comes to how they focus their practice. They decide where they want to work, and what kinds of clients they want to help.

Instructions:

Imagine that you have graduated from FDU, been hired and oriented to the areas below.

 

Student:

1. Considering your unique background, talents, and aspirations select all the health care situations where you would feel especially valuable, and the people would be lucky to have YOU as their nurse. Select Avoid for the employment situations you would avoid. Select nothing if you feel strongly in neither direction.

Valuable Type Avoid Valuable Type Avoid
Emergency Room Home Care
Operating Room Medical Unit
Helicopter Transport Surgical Unit
Doctor's Office Newborn Nursery
School Nurse Labor & Delivery
Pediatric Unit Research Unit
Armed Services International Aid Team
Psychiatric Unit Public Health
Community Clinic Rehabilitation
Red Cross Nurse Private Practice (Yours)
Industrial Nurse Adult ICU
Peds / Neonatal ICU Coronary Care Unit
In service Dept. Sports Injury Unit
Diabetic Unit Lamaze Classes
Women's Health Unit Geriatric Facility
Inner city Location Sparse Rural Area
In a Foreign Country

In all of the work situations listed above you will have opportunities to focus your efforts in different ways. Imagine that it is 2005 and you are working in one of the places you picked. Divide your time & effort into these nursing roles. The total must be 100%.

ADVOCATE for people's health care rights and responsibilities

 %
CHANGE AGENT involved in QA activities, working to empower staff and clients

 %
CARE GIVER giving care that prevents, cures and rehabilitates

 %
MANAGER doing interdisciplinary work on benefit - cost concerns, and maximizing your staff's potential

 %
POLITICAL ACTIVIST doing focused work with organizations and media toward specific goals

 %
RESEARCHER critiquing the status quo, identifying variables, gathering data in an organized manner, and sharing findings

 %
TEACHER of individuals, families, groups, communities %

We would like to be able to see how your ideas change over the next seven years. May we call or write to see what you are doing in 2005 ? If we can, write down a permanent / contact address and phone number. Your address and phone # will be considered confidential information.

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