The analysis of factors associated with diploma of nursing students’ interest for working abroad

The interest of a profession will motivate students to apply for any job. The attention to work abroad is occurred because of the push and pull factors such as better income, the raising of work conditions, and higher living standards. This study used a descriptive approach and involved 88 respondents in the Nursing Academy of the Polytechnic of the Ministry of Health, Mataram, by total sampling. Data were analyzed with SPSS using the Spearman Rho test with a significant value α <0.05. The result of this study shows that there were a meaningful relationship between individual encouragement, social and emotional motives with the interest of students to work abroad. This study can be useful for respondents, candidates of job applicants, and future researchers as one of the references in determining the interest to work abroad.