Prelicensure Nursing Students’ COVID-19 Attitude Impact on Nursing Career Decision during Pandemic Threat in Taiwan: A Cross-Sectional Study

Shu-Chun Lin, Lee-Fen Ni, Yu-Ming Wang, Shu Hsin Lee, Hung-Chang Liao, Cheng-Yi Huang and Ying-Chen Tseng
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Shu-Chun Lin: Department of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan City 33303, Taiwan
Lee-Fen Ni: Department of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan City 33303, Taiwan
Yu-Ming Wang: Department of Psychology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung City 40201, Taiwan
Shu Hsin Lee: School of Nursing, Chung Shan Medical University, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung City 40201, Taiwan
Hung-Chang Liao: Department of Health Services Administration, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung City 40201, Taiwan
Cheng-Yi Huang: School of Nursing, Chung Shan Medical University, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung City 40201, Taiwan
Ying-Chen Tseng: School of Nursing, Chung Shan Medical University, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung City 40201, Taiwan

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 6, 1-11

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic may cause a nursing shortage. Prelicensure nursing students who are exposed to high-stress COVID-19 events are related to defective career decision-making. This study validated the COVID-19 attitude scale and clarified how their attitudes about COVID-19 affected their behavioral intentions toward career decision-making. We conducted a cross-sectional study and recruited a convenience sample of 362 prelicensure nursing students from Northern and Central Taiwan. Two measurements were applied, including the Nursing Students Career Decision-making instrument and COVID-19 attitude scale. We used AMOS (version 22.0) to perform a confirmatory factor analysis. The Cronbach ? of the COVID-19 attitude scale was 0.74 and consisted of four factors. The most positive attitude was the nursing belief factor, and the least positive factor was emotional burden. Prelicensure nursing students’ COVID-19 attitudes were significantly positively associated with their career decision-making attitudes and perceived control (ß = 0.41 and ß = 0.40, respectively; p < 0.001). All the key latent variables explained significantly 23% of the variance in the career decision-making behavioral intentions module. In conclusion, the COVID-19 attitude scale is valid. Although the prelicensure nursing students’ COVID-19 attitudes had no direct effect on career decision-making intentions, they had a direct effect on career decision-making attitudes and the perceived control.

Keywords: nursing shortage; career attitudes; career decision-making; attitude scale; pandemic threat; prelicensure nursing students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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