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Learning Objective 1: The learner will be able to describe two cultural influences on career choices , and the career decision making process among young Hispanic women.
Learning Objective 2: The learner will be able to identify factors that can have important implications as they relate to the recruitment of minorities to the nurisng profession.
When interacting with a Hispanic population, it is imperative that our health-care system has nurses who are bilingual and understand the Hispanic culture. The lack of culturally competent Hispanic registered nurses in the Northwest Arkansas metropolitan area can result in suboptimal patient care among a growing Hispanic population. One solution to aid in reducing the nursing shortage is to identify how nursing is perceived by young Hispanic college women, factors that may have influenced their decision to disallow nursing as a career choice.
The study uses a phenomenological approach to identify factors influencing a Hispanic female undergraduate’s perception of nursing as a career choice and explore their decision to disallow nursing as a career option, further contributing to the shortage of Hispanic nurse in the Northwest Arkansas metropolitan area. The target population for the proposed study will be college women of Hispanic descent, enrolled in nonnursing majors, at three universities/colleges in Northwest Arkansas.