Table 2 Influence of clinical experience during nursing studies on preferred work setting for nursing internship
From: A cross-sectional study on preferred employment settings of final-year nursing students in Israel
| Preferred work setting for nursing internship | Students with clinical experience in the department during their studies | Students who indicated the hospital as their preferred work setting after graduation | Students who indicated the community as their preferred work setting after graduation | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital | ||||
| Surgery (including operating rooms) | 51 | 51 | 0 | 0 |
| Internal medicine, oncology, cardiology | 48 | 40 | 1 | 7 |
| Emergency medicine, intensive care, trauma | 60 | 58 | 1 | 1 |
| Midwifery and gynecology | 39 | 35 | 3 | 1 |
| Pediatrics (including pediatric hematology and oncology, pediatric emergency medicine) | 34 | 33 | 0 | 1 |
| Geriatrics | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Psychiatry | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Community | ||||
| Health plans, public health clinics | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
