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I Am a Nursing Student but Hate Nursing: The East Asian Perspectives between Social Expectation and Social Context

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  • Luis Miguel Dos Santos

    (Woosong Language Institute, Woosong University, Daejeon 34514, Korea)

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From the East Asian social and cultural perspectives and contexts, this study aimed to understand the relationships and behaviors between nursing students’ sense of filial piety and their decision-making behind selecting nursing education as their major. Forty-two traditional-age nursing students (i.e., six men and 36 women) at their final year of a bachelor’s degree program in nursing were invited. The findings indicated that many nursing students disliked their university major and the potential career pathway as a nursing professional, as none of them selected the major based on their choice and interest. The environmental context and family’s recommendations were the major impacts to influence the decision-making process of the participants. The result also indicated that filial piety, parents’ recommendations, and elderly people’s suggestions were the key factors to influence the selections and decisions of university major and career development pathways. The study provided a blueprint for related staff and professionals to create and design career counselling and services for East Asian youths to enable life investment and development.

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  • Luis Miguel Dos Santos, 2020. "I Am a Nursing Student but Hate Nursing: The East Asian Perspectives between Social Expectation and Social Context," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(7), pages 1-18, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:7:p:2608-:d:343938
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    1. Quan-Hoang Vuong & Quang-Khiem Bui & Viet-Phuong La & Thu-Trang Vuong & Viet-Ha T. Nguyen & Manh-Toan Ho & Hong-Kong T. Nguyen & Manh-Tung Ho, 2018. "Cultural additivity: behavioural insights from the interaction of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in folktales," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 4(1), pages 1-15, December.
    2. Luis Miguel Dos Santos, 2019. "Rural Public Health Workforce Training and Development: The Performance of an Undergraduate Internship Programme in a Rural Hospital and Healthcare Centre," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(7), pages 1-24, April.
    3. Luis Miguel Dos Santos, 2020. "The Motivation and Experience of Distance Learning Engineering Programmes Students: A Study of Non-Traditional, Returning, Evening, and Adult Students," International Journal of Education and Practice, Conscientia Beam, vol. 8(1), pages 134-148.
    4. Kai Hong Tang & Luis Miguel Dos Santos, 2017. "A Brief Discussion and Application of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis in the Field of Health Science and Public Health," International Journal of Learning and Development, Macrothink Institute, vol. 7(3), pages 123-132, September.
    5. Luis Miguel Dos Santos, 2020. "The Motivation and Experience of Distance Learning Engineering Programmes Students: A Study of Non-Traditional, Returning, Evening, and Adult Students," International Journal of Education and Practice, Conscientia Beam, vol. 8(1), pages 134-148.
    6. Elisabeth J. Croll, 2006. "The Intergenerational Contract in the Changing Asian Family," Oxford Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(4), pages 473-491.
    7. Luis Miguel Dos Santos, 2020. "Promoting Safer Sexual Behaviours by Employing Social Cognitive Theory Among Gay University Students: A Pilot Study of A Peer Modelling Programme," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(5), pages 1-14, March.
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    1. Luis Miguel Dos Santos, 2020. "I Want to Become a Registered Nurse as a Non-Traditional, Returning, Evening, and Adult Student in a Community College: A Study of Career-Changing Nursing Students," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(16), pages 1-20, August.
    2. Luis Miguel Dos Santos, 2020. "I Teach Nursing as a Male Nursing Educator: The East Asian Perspective, Context, and Social Cognitive Career Experiences," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(12), pages 1-15, June.
    3. Luis Miguel Dos Santos, 2021. "Promoting Sexual Health Knowledge through a Social Workers’ Mentorship Programme: A Study of Gay Young Adults," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(11), pages 1-18, May.
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    5. Luis Miguel Dos Santos, 2020. "How Does COVID-19 Pandemic Influence the Sense of Belonging and Decision-Making Process of Nursing Students: The Study of Nursing Students’ Experiences," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(15), pages 1-19, August.
    6. Luis Miguel Dos Santos, 2020. "The Relationship between the COVID-19 Pandemic and Nursing Students’ Sense of Belonging: The Experiences and Nursing Education Management of Pre-Service Nursing Professionals," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(16), pages 1-18, August.

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