Nursing students’ perceptions of community care and other areas of nursing practice – A review of the literature

摘要: Abstract Objectives To review recent literature on student nurses' perceptions of different areas nursing practice, in particular community care. Healthcare is changing from care delivery institutional settings to patients their own homes. Problematic that students do not see as an attractive line work, and reflect the realities profession. Understanding factors influencing perception professional field important positively influence students' willingness a future Design Literature search with accompanying narrative synthesis primary research. Data sources ERIC ® , PsycInfo Pubmed CINAHL (2004–2014) databases using terms: ‘nursing student', ‘student nurse', ‘community care', ‘image', ‘attitude', ‘perception'. Review methods After screening 522 retrieved article titles abstracts, number articles was reduced based upon specified inclusion/exclusion criteria leading inclusion 34. Evaluation references those yielded additional 5 articles. A created uncover care, other perceptions. Results 39 were selected. show many begin education lay person's conception profession, shaped by media representations. Work placements offer clinical experience helps orient themselves towards Students prefer hospitals place because acute nature technologically advanced level offered there. Few perceive mental health elderly appealing. Perceptions can vary widely, most prevalent view being it unattractive its chronic profile, little technical skill, untrained workers, high workload. However, another offers challenging meaningful work variety caregiving roles opportunity independently. Conclusions choose They have limited often mistaken they underestimate field's complexity less visible than environment Providing specific curricular content employing structured approach preparation for placement could help build more positive seeing/choosing desirable work.