The orientation and attitudes of intermediate vocational trained nursing students (MBO-V) towards their future profession:A pre-post survey

Students' perceptions of nursing influence recruitment and retention in nursing education. Nursing education in the Netherlands differentiates two levels: Bachelor's (HBO-V) and intermediate vocational (MBO-V) level training, with MBO-V students accounting the majority. To avoid the expected nursing shortages, these students' perceptions of nursing need to be explored. We aimed to examine the orientation and attitudes of MBO-V students towards their future profession and their relation to demographic characteristics. A descriptive survey with a pretest-posttest design was conducted. Newly enro... Mehr ...