2022 Volume 11 Issue 3 Pages 163-171
Objective: To identify the reasons which influenced the occupational selection of public health nurses among nursing students.
Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight public health nurses who had worked in local government agencies for a maximum of three years. The interviews were then analysed using the KJ method. The main content of the interview was related to the events that may have influenced the interviewee’s desire to become a public health nurse.
Results: Answers were sorted into eight groups: (1) support from surroundings, such as teachers; (2) desire to be involved in the daily lives of people; (3) diversity of public health nursing activities; (4) meeting a role model; (5) depth of public health nursing activities; (6) seeing not only the individual, but the whole; (7) positive attitude towards building relationships with residents; and (8) feeling the health of the residents.
Discussion: Interest in public health nursing increased due to the growing desire to be involved in the daily lives of people through preventive activities. The choice of occupation was then strengthened by understanding the depth of the work, meeting a role model, and feeling the liveliness of the residents. Therefore, it is necessary to create effective nursing practices. Additionally, the support of teachers has a great influence on nursing students, and it is necessary for teachers to affirm the students.
