Vocación Profesional para los estudiantes de Enfermería: Investigación cualitativa.

Abstract

Abstract: The nursing vocation is a set of qualities with which people are born or develop over the years, it is a way of life whose principles are empathy, sensitivity and the will to help others. The objective of this investigative study was to describe the professional vocation in Nursing students at the Private Technical University of Loja. To collect the information, a recorded semi-structured interview was used. The research participants were 12 students from the fifth cycle onwards, whose information was coded, finding 42 codes, then the results were categorized into categories and subcategories, and the exegesis emerged. 4 categories, with 2 subcategories each. For the professional vocation of nursing students, there are factors that influence from a work perspective such as: offer, salary, position and work pressure; in the social sphere such as: family, friends and even religion; Therefore, it is evident that many factors can positively or negatively affect the professional vocation of students.