SURVEY THE DEMAND ON WORKING ABROAD OF STUDENTS IN NAM DINH UNIVERSITY OF NURSING

Abstract

Objective: To survey the need of working abroad among students in Nam Dinh University of Nursing and related barriers. Method: The questionnairewasusedtofindoutabout the need to workabroad of the first, second and third year students and difficulties as well as challenges in exporting labor. Multiple-stage random sampling was performed by stratification, sampling size, and then sampling for each stratum by means of cluster sampling to ensure the objectivity for the study. Result: 42.4% of students have demand to work abroad. Germany and Japan are the two countries where they want to work most with the rate of 52.88% and 32.46% as a nurse in the hospital and the purpose is to earn money for themselves (64.4% ), for family (58.6%) and for developing profession and foreign language (50%). As many as 81.7% of students said that the biggest barrier for students when working abroad is foreign language, there is not enough money to deposit taking up 41.4% % and the low self-esteem is 39.8%. Conclusion: Providing complete and accurate information on overseas study programs and counseling for students, introducingthe German and Japanese asanofficiallanguagein the trainingcurriculum, recommending Students to learn more information about work programs in abroad.