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Chapter I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction

There are so many choices today that its easy to become overwhelmed by the vast array of career possibilities. Paradoxically the more choices people have, the more they paralyze themselves trying to find the right choice, and the less satisfied they are with their eventual decision. The problem with this mindset is that it places too much of a barrier between decision and action, as if theyre two distinct phases in the career development process. In reality these phases are rarely distinct. Career decisions are ongoing, and youre free to change directions at any moment. Further down the road, a career in game development became a natural extension of your hobby. As you made additional career decisions, you can ask yourself, What would be fun and interesting to do next? as opposed to What permanent career choice should I make? Nursing career is a wonderful calling even with all the crises in healthcare in this country right now nursing is such an important career for those who have a desire to help people. Every profession requires a special type of person to perform the job. For example, not everyone is cut out to be a firefighter. That job requires you to function well under severe stress and be able to change strategies at a moment's notice. The same thing applies to people in the medical field. Not everyone can tolerate dealing with and helping people who are very ill or in a great deal of pain. Many ordinary people would be unable to cope with the emotional ramifications that go along with spending a lot of time around those in trying physical and emotional situations. Of all of the worthwhile occupations in the medical field, nursing is probably the most demanding and rewarding job there is. If you are thinking about becoming a nurse, in the process of going to school to earn your nursing degree, or looking to further your existing nursing career, determining the right path for your future is something youve probably thought about. Every job has the potential to turn into something more. It all depends on if you are interested in more money, more prestige, or just looking for the most rewarding career you can possibly imagine. Once you have decided on the best place for you to advance your career, remember the reasons you became a nurse in the first place and the quality of care that is necessary to continue to help patients and meet your nursing career goals. The best way to determine how to proceed with your nursing career is up to you. It will require you to look at not just your career goals, but also the things you want from life overall. In order to be the best nurse you can be, you have to make the choice that will allow you to be in control of your quality of care and performing your job functions, along with allowing you to live the kind of personal life that inspires you to always be the best patient care giver possible. These two aspects of your life have a huge bearing on how you feel in your position and how you pursue your goal.

Career is a term defined as an individual's "course or progress through life or a distinct portion of life". A career is mostly seen as a course of successive situations that make up a person's occupation. One can have a sporting career or a musical career without being a professional athlete or musician, but most frequently "career" in the 20th century referenced the series of jobs or positions by which one earned one's money. A person's worth is often measured by the career success or failings. It is not until an individual matures and takes possession of their life that the realization of life balance occurs. Life balance entails separating career activities, achievements and tasks from the rest of a persons life. For example leaving the job at work and having a home life. Learning that career is necessary to meet the needs of life and also have a life as well. Most people would define a career as more than a job. Above and beyond a job, a career is a long-term pattern of work, usually across multiple jobs. A career implies professional development to build skill over a period of time, where one moves from novice to expert within a particular field. And lastly, I would argue that a career must be consciously chosen; even if others exert influence over you, you must still ultimately choose to become a nurse or doctor or a lawyer or an accountant. If you didnt make a conscious choice at some point, I would then say you have a job but not a career. Motivation is the characteristic that helps you achieve your goal. It is the drive that pushes you to work hard and reach whatever it is that you are after. It is the energy that gives you the strength to get up and keep going - even when things are not going your way. Motivation can be intrinsic or extrinsic (internal and external) - With extrinsic motivation, you are motivated by rewards from an external source - you will be inspired by the recognition that you will get from external sources. Intrinsic motivation is something internal - you are motivated to reach your goal for your own internal benefits Example - reading a book so that you can get the grade you are after versus reading a book so that you can learn something. Perceptions of the Nursing Profession Today, the conceptualization by students of the nursing profession appears uncertain, and the question asked by many students is What is nursing? (Wieck, 2000). Historically, nurses have been predominantly females who were easily recognized by a white hat and uniform making the professional and the profession more visible. Today, white uniforms and hats have been replaced by vivid colored scrub suits worn by both male and female nurses, as well as the majority of other employees in healthcare. Students perceptions of nursing are based on visual images that are often limited to bedside care and drug administration instead of that of a highly skilled and well-educated nursing professional with an important role to play in healthcare. Many students have not spent time with a nursing professional or volunteered in a healthcare setting to acquire a background on which to establish perceptions about nursing, and thus have limited their opportunities for more informed career decision-making skills. Literature suggests that students career perceptions are highly individual, and are the product of contracted

images of jobs they see for themselves, derived images from media, and delegated images from parents and friends. Students often view the status of a job linked to value judgments about the visible dimensions of the job (e.g. skilled work instead of an analytical partner in patient care) (Foskett and Hensley-Brown, 2000). Thus students career perceptions may be less defined, resulting in a decline of students choosing a career in nursing. Factors Leading to the Nursing Shortage Nursing faces competition from many other career paths, which has made it more difficult to recruit students into nursing. Students are looking for high status careers, and because students perceptions of nursing are limited to visible images instead of informed career decisions, many view nursing as bedside care and taking orders from physicians (Wieck, 2000). Understanding students perceptions of nursing can be helpful in formulating curricula to empower students with excellent career making skills which will determine the future of nursing. Many bright students are looking for advanced degrees, and are often confused regarding academic tracks for nursing. These students are often discouraged by the lack of standardization in nursing education, and choose alternative curricula in medicine instead of nursing. This study wants to identify how the first year nursing students batch 2013 of San Juan de Dios Educational Foundation Incorporated were able to perform on their studies whether they are intrinsically or extrinsically motivated in attaining their goal to become a professional nurse.

Statement of the Problem This study aims to know the Effect of Career Motivation in Academic Performance of First Year Nursing Students of San Juan de Dios Educational Foundation Incorporated batch 2013. Specifically the study will answer the following questions: 1. What intrinsic and extrinsic motivation influenced the first year nursing students to take up the nursing career? 2. What are the final grades of the respondents?

3. Is there significant difference in the academic performance when grouped according to their career motivation?

Hypothesis There is a significant relationship between choosing a career and the factors influencing students choice of nursing course Significance of the Study The result of this study will be beneficial to the following:

To the Nursing Student This will serve as a reference and will give them awareness and understanding concerning the factors that influence students choice of nursing course. This study will serve as a guidance for choosing their own field of interest. To the Nursing Education This will provide them further information regarding students interests and how they can enhance and motivate in continuing their chosen course. To the Future Researcher To the future researchers, the data presented in this study will hopefully serve as a helpful reference material subject to their further study and validation in the future studies and researchers. To the incoming professors This research wills serve as a guide not only to then students but also to the incoming professor especially those who are going to teach introduction to nursing research(INR) Scope and Limitation This study is about the Effect of Career Motivation in Academic Performance of First Year Nursing Students of San Juan de Dios Educational Foundation Incorporated during school year 2009 - 2010 and is limited to the nursing students of the college. The students should be officially enrolled in the program of BSN regardless of age and gender in the first semester. The study was limited to the effects of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation to first year nursing students in their academic performance. Cross sectional design using quantitative approaches was used to obtain necessary information about the respondents.

The researchers will conduct studies on the First Year Nursing Students of San Juan de Dios Educational Foundation Incorporated batch 2013. In consideration to the researchers' convenience and availability. The researchers did not force the respondents to write their names in the interview tool. The researchers respected the respondents' decision if they want their identities to be kept. Definition of Terms: For the purpose of clarity and better understanding of the study, the following terms were defined:

Career- is a term defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as an individual's "course or progress through life (or a distinct portion of life)". It is usually considered to pertain to remunerative work (and sometimes also formal education).

Nursing- is a healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life from birth to the end of life.

Healthcare- refers to the treatment and management of illness, and the preservation of health through services offered by the medical, dental, pharmaceutical, clinical laboratory sciences, nursing, and allied health professions. Health care embraces all the goods and services designed to promote health, including preventive, curative and palliative interventions, whether directed to individuals or to populations. Profession- is a vocation founded upon specialized educational training, the purpose of which is to supply disinterested counsel and service to others, for a direct and definite compensation, wholly apart from expectation of other business gain.

Course- (Course of study), in a programme of education leading to a degree or diploma

Hypothesis- is a proposed explanation for an observable phenomenon.

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