Abstract:
The purposes of this study were to compare the change of perceptions to the ideal careers with the nursing career after the intervention. The design of this study was quasi-experimental, i.e. a pretest-posttest design with non equivalent groups.The sampling groups were female students studying in the 2 semester of Mathayom 5 in Chonburi and Rayong provinces (experimental and control groups respectively). In each province, 5 schools were selected: 1 urban, 2 suburban, and 2 rural. All of the female students were the sampling groups, the samples comprise 242 in the experimental group, 248 in the control group. The intervention, a presentation of nursing career was delivered to the experimental group by video and discussion. The total presentation was about 30 minutes in length.The questionnaire was modified from May, Austin and Champion in a Sigma Theta International study and some parts were prepared by the researchers. The questionnaire was on the Rating Scale of 5 levels. The questionnaire had high reliability: perceptions to the nursing career and perceptions to the ideal career Data were analyzed by a combination of methods, including descriptive statistics test, Independent-Samples t-test and Two-Way ANOVA.Result: Before the intervention, there had been no significant differences between the experimental and control groups regarding G.P.A. experiences of nursing, perceptions to the subjective norms, perceptions to the nursing career, perceptions to the ideal career, and the difference between the perceptions to the ideal career and the nursing career. However, the family income was different. After the intervention, the change of difference between perceptions to the ideal career and the nursing career was analyzed, two-way ANOVA, treating the family income and the intervention as the main effect. The results was that the family income did not affect the change of difference between perceptions to the ideal career and the nursing career. However, the intervention did. In conclusion, the intervention had improved the perceptions to the nursing career.