Self social image perception of students from Nurse School at UCLA Venezuela, 1st semester 2005

Abstract

The following descriptive research aims to determine the self social image perception of students from the 1 semester (2005) and 6~ and 1O~ semeters (2004) respectively, enrolled in Nurse School at UCLA Venezuela. The instrument to collect data was an adaptation of Burguete (2004) and Hernández' (2000) instrument in a similar research. Results show that a considerable percentage of students enrolled in the program because of vocation. The students' perception ofthe nurse profession is good. Nurses' job is seen with admiration and respecto.