Sarkis G. Pogosian

high educational level is, to some extent, a guarantee of qualitative performance of one’s professional capacity. Professionalism of medical care workers drastically defines the quality of medical service. One of the factors of successful educational process is the level of student’s motivation which is connected to their future career orientation. The following work offers the results of the research conducted among 1–4-year students – bachelors of nursing (overall 200 people were examined which makes up to 92.5% of all students). Research base: Faculty of Higher Nursing Education, Pavlov St....

the period of student life makes great demands on young people who are not yet always ready for psychological stresses, changed stereotype and lifestyle associated with higher education. Therefore, it is important to study various features of the psychological status of students taking into account the nature of the future profession. The study of a number of psychological characteristics among undergraduate nursing students showed that 55.6% of them had an average level of empathy. Type B stress tolerance (corresponding to optimal) was noted in 38.3% of the students. Self-esteem was adequate...