Perceptions of intermediate students towards nursing as a career choice in Swat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Authors Amir Sultan Department of Nursing, Saidu Group of Teaching Hospital, Swat, Pakistan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0035-7125 Afrooz Bibi Department of Nursing, Saidu Group of Teaching Hospital, Swat, Pakistan Haseen Jamal Department of Nursing, Institute of Kidney Diseases, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, Pakistan Fayaz Ahmed Department of Nursing, Saidu Group of Teaching Hospital, Swat, Pakistan Shabana Department of Nursing, Institute of Kidney Diseases, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, Pakistan Muhammad Imran Department of Nursing, District Head Quarter Hospital, Daggar Buner, Pakistan DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.7768 Abstract The study aimed to explore the views of intermediate students toward nursing as a career of choice. A cross-sectional design was used for the study conducted between June and July 2022, in two public colleges in district Swat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The sample size of the study was 146, obtained through random sampling using a self-administrated questionnaire on a 3-point Likert scale. Previous studies show that (61%) agreed, (19%) were neutral, and (20%) disagreed for selecting nursing as a career. Eighty-two (56%) students in the current study agreed, 47 (32%) disagreed, and 17 (12%) were neutral when asked if they planned to enrol in nursing school. The study noted that intermediate students in district Swat have a positive attitude towards nursing as a result of the establishment of multiple nursing colleges and the opportunity to work as a nurse in government hospitals or as a nurse educator. Author Biographies Amir Sultan, Department of Nursing, Saidu Group of Teaching Hospital, Swat, Pakistan MSN Scholar (Institute of nursing sciences -Khyber medical university peshawar) Nursing department -Saidu teaching hospital swat KPK Afrooz Bibi, Department of Nursing, Saidu Group of Teaching Hospital, Swat, Pakistan Afrooz bibi (MSN Student INS-KMU Nursing department (Saidu group of teaching hospital swat) Haseen Jamal, Department of Nursing, Institute of Kidney Diseases, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, Pakistan MSN (Scholar INSTITUTE OF NURSING SCIENCES-KMU) Nursing Department, Institute of kidney diseases Hayatabad Peshawar, KPK, Pakistan Fayaz Ahmed, Department of Nursing, Saidu Group of Teaching Hospital, Swat, Pakistan Nursing department-Saidu group of teaching hospital swat Shabana, Department of Nursing, Institute of Kidney Diseases, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, Pakistan Nursing Department, Institute of kidney diseases Hayatabad Peshawar, KPK, Pakistan Downloads Full Text Article Published 2023-07-15 How to Cite Sultan, A., Bibi, A., Jamal, H., Ahmed, F., Shabana, & Imran, M. (2023). Perceptions of intermediate students towards nursing as a career choice in Swat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 73(8), 1703–1705. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.7768 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 73 No. 8 (2023): AUGUST Section SHORT COMMUNICATION License Copyright (c) 2020 Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.