Background: Saudi Arabia has a huge shortage of Saudi nurses. Therefore, the students� perception of nursing affect their future choice\nof nursing career. Despite nursing is an honorable profession the majority of Saudi�s families still do not think like that about nursing.\nAim: This study aimed to explore the Perceptions of nursing as a future profession among Secondary school students' females in Al Rass\ncity KSA.\nDesign: A cross-sectional descriptive design was utilized.\nSample: A convenient sample of female�s secondary school was included.\nTools: Professional nursing perception questionnaires were used and provided to 225 females aged 16 and above who are attending the\nlargest 4 high governmental schools in Al-Rass city in the Qassim region of KSA.\nResult: the result revealed that almost all had an idea about the functional aspect of nursing career, and 37% of them have got this information\nfrom media. However, only 29% of participants will choose nursing as a future career. Additionally, 55.1% of participants indicated\nthat nursing requires science background that was their primary reason to avoid nursing career.\nConclusion: this study concluded that the majority of respondents do not prefer nursing as future career. Therefore, there is a critical\nneed to enhance the image of nursing and attract more high school students into this profession.
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