The Swedish school as an institution has during a period of continuous change and control affected the teacher's profession and agency. One of the biggest resources a school has is the teachers. That is why it is important how the teachers themselves and their work are defined. The purpose of this study is to gain knowledge of the teacher's perception of professional practice and autonomy with the help of a questionnaire survey in the form of a mixed method. There are separate factors that have changed the teaching profession and with the help of a framework theory we can clearly see this. The frame factors are used in our work to gain an understanding of how external factors affect the teachers' profession. This is used as a way of structuring and analyzing the empirical data. Through the questionnaire responses, we have gained knowledge of teachers' experiences and descriptions of their professional practice and autonomy. The results have consistently highlighted the factors that affect autonomy and how this in turn affects the teacher's professional practice. The external factors that the results show are that a higher requirement is placed on documentation and student care, which means that subject knowledge is not prioritized. In relation to this, teachers are also critical of new scheduled activities that are outside the teacher's profession where there is an unclear division of responsibilities and insufficient resources.

This study identifies differences in perceptions between three stakeholder groups - principals, K-12 teachers, and parents - regarding the effect of workplace conditions on teacher attrition. An electronic questionnaire was sent to 15 of Utah's 41 school districts. Sampling efforts yielded completed surveys from 93 principals, 2003 teachers and 495 parents. All three groups agreed that workplace conditions are important, but the greatest disagreements occurred in perceptions of (a) teacher involvement in decision-making, (b) protection of teacher preparation time, (c) administration's management of student discipline, (d) adequacy of resource availability, (e) the degree to which a trusting and supportive school environment existed within the school, and (f) whether teachers' expectations were reasonable. Overall, principals believed that work conditions are relatively good for teachers, while many teachers disagreed with these perceptions. The study also examined factors that influence science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) university students' willingness to consider teaching as a career. A total of 4,743 university students majoring in STEM fields from Brigham Young University completed the survey (31%) and although very few of these students initially consider this profession, we identified four factors using predictive modeling that are strongly associated with these students' willingness to consider teaching and their belief that teaching might be their best career option. Results indicated that STEM university students were more likely to consider teaching when they believed teaching is something they would be good at, others encouraged them to be a teacher, when family encourages them to teach, and when teachers they know inspire them. Results from this study indicate that small salary bonuses would likely not entice students in STEM subjects to become teachers. Less impactful factors included gender and individual beliefs about the respectability of the profession. Additionally, this study found these students less likely to consider work conditions for teachers when making career choices. This study concludes with several implications that can inform and possibly improve the recruitment and leadership preparation programs at Institutes of Higher Education.

In South Africa music therapy as a profession is still in its infancy and not yet firmly established, hence music therapists have struggled in the past to secure full-time employment. It is important to ascertain the current state of music therapy in Tshwane as this will offer suggestions about what needs to be addressed in the future. In this project two research questions were explored: 1. What are the experiences of music therapists, as well as the perceptions of other professionals working in the health and education sectors in Tshwane, regarding music therapy as a profession? 2. What do these experiences and perceptions suggest about the current state of the music therapy profession in Tshwane? This research project used questionnaires to generate data pertaining to the experiences of music therapists and perceptions of allied professionals about the music therapy profession in Tshwane. The experiences of music therapists currently practising in Tshwane shed light on the present situation of music therapy in Tshwane. The allied professionals’ perceptions of music therapy had implications regarding the recognition of the profession which impacts directly on the availability of jobs, funding and resources available to music therapists. Questionnaires generated both quantitative and qualitative data through the use of closed questions that were analysed using descriptive statistics that were generalised and openended questions analysed through the process of coding and categorising for emerging themes that were discussed. Results obtained from the questionnaires indicated that not enough is being done to promote the field as music therapist respondents (n=4) do not create or set up new music therapy employment. This accounts for the fact that at present other professionals working in the health and education sectors (n=27) have a varied understanding of what music therapy comprises. Because of this varied understanding music therapy is not always valued by these professionals. Collaboration with allied professionals was an important theme which recurred throughout the data and seems to have been the most successful way of furthering the profession so far in Tshwane. By promoting music therapy, especially through collaboration with others, awareness of music therapy should be enhanced, others’ knowledge and understanding of music therapy may be expanded and music therapy may ultimately find its valued place among other therapeutic interventions. / Mini Dissertation (MMus)--University of Pretoria, 2009. / gm2014 / Music / Unrestricted

Bakgrund: Sjuksköterskebristen är ett växande problem samtidigt som vårdbehovet hos befolkningen ökar. I Sverige rapporterar endast en region en balanserad situation med tillgång på grundutbildade sjuksköterskor, vilket kan innebära framtida utmaningar i att bemöta efterfrågan på vård. Brist på sjuksköterskor har visat sig ha en negativ inverkan på vårdkvalitet samt patientsäkerhet, vilket gör det angeläget att behålla befintligt antal sjuksköterskor. Syfte: Syftet med litteraturöversikten är att beskriva faktorer som kan påverka sjuksköterskor att lämna respektive stanna kvar inom sin profession och arbetsplats inom hälso- och sjukvården. Metod: Litteraturöversiktens resultat har baserats på 15 vetenskapliga artiklar, varav nio kvalitativa och sex kvantitativa artiklar, publicerade under tidsperioden 2011 till 2021. Artiklarna söktes fram i databaserna CHINAL, PsycINFO och PubMed. Resultat: I resultatet presenteras två huvudkategorier. I kategorin Arbetsmiljö framkom det att stöd från kollegor och ledning påverkar sjuksköterskors varaktighet i sin anställning och att tillfredställelsen till arbetet ökar vid upprätthållande av god och säker vård. I kategorin Individuella faktorer framkom det att personlig och professionell utveckling är viktigt för att skapa trygghet och säkerhet i arbetsrollen. Det framkom också att det är viktigt att privatlivet inte ska påverkas av arbetet. Slutsats: Faktorerna som nämns i litteraturöversiktens resultat kan bidra till att öka möjligheten att skapa attraktivare arbetsplatser och förlänga sjuksköterskors varaktighet på arbetsplatsen. Det i sin tur kan resultera i ökad vårdkvalitet och patientsäkerhet samt även bevara professionens förtroende. / Background: The nurse shortage is a growing problem. Only one region in Sweden is reporting to have a balanced situation with access to educated nurses. The shortage of nurses has shown to have a negative effect on the quality of care and patient saftey, which makes it urgent to keep the existing number of nurses.Aim: The aim with the literature review is to describe factors which can influence nurses to leave or stay within the profession and workplace in health care.Method: The literature review is based on 15 research articles, published during the time-period 2011 to 2021. Databases that have been used is CHINAL, PsycINFO and PubMed.Results: In the result two main categories are presented. In the category Work environment it emerged that support from colleagues and management influences nurses' stay at the workplace and being satisfied at work contributes to maintain good and safe care. In the category Individual factors it emerged that personal and professional development are important to become comfortable and confident working as a nurse. It also emerged that it is important with recovery and that the personal life was not affected by work.Conclusion: The factors mentioned in the literature review result can contribute to increase the possibility to create more attractive workplaces, and thereby prolong nurses’ stay at the workplace. That in turn can result in improved quality of care and patient safety and thereby also keep the profession’s credibility.

Sedan början av 2000-talet kan man bli auktoriserad redovisningskonsult genom Srf konsulterna eller FAR. Syftet med auktorisationen är att höja kompetensen i branschen. Det har dock visat sig att det finns många olika åsikter och uppfattningar om auktorisationen för redovisningskonsulterna. Frågor och farhågor har på senare tid kommit upp om den kommer att finnas kvar, och om den ger något mervärde. Har auktorisationen helt enkelt spelat ut sin roll, eller står den inför samma förändringar som branschen gör. Syftet med den här studien var att undersöka dels vilken inverkan som förändringarna i branschen får på yrkets auktorisation, och hur redovisningskonsultens yrkesutövning påverkas av de förändrade arbetssätten. För att uppfylla studiens syfte valdes metoden att använda en webbaserad enkät.  Frågorna i enkäten var tänkta att mäta de hypoteser som var uppsatta i studien, och som var kopplade till de två frågeställningar som studien var tänkt att ge svar på. Frågorna i enkäten hade till syfte att ta reda på hur betydelsefull respondenterna ansåg att auktorisationen är idag, kommer den vara betydelsefull även i framtiden och tror de att auktorisationen är viktig för deras kunder. De fick även svara på om de såg någon förändring i sin yrkesroll/arbetsuppgifter, om kunskapskraven ökat, och om de ansåg att kvalitén på deras arbete förändrats, sedan de börjat arbeta som redovisningskonsult och vad de i så fall trodde att den berodde på. De tillfrågade fick även svara på om de ansåg att kundernas krav, förväntningar och efterfrågan ökat sedan revisionsplikten avskaffades.  Sammanfattningsvis verkar det som att auktorisationen har mindre betydelse för kunderna än vad den har för branschen. Digitaliseringen har haft stor påverkan på redovisningsyrket, och kunskapskraven har ökat. Dock verkar avskaffandet av revisorsplikten inte inneburit någon större påverkan på varken kundernas krav eller efterfrågan på redovisningskonsulternas tjänster. Studien visade även att de som hade arbetat längst logiskt nog också såg mer förändringar än de som arbetat kortare tid. / Since the beginning of the 2000s, you can now become an authorized accounting consultant through the Srf konsulterna or FAR. The purpose of the authorization is to increase competence in the profession. However, it has been found that there are many different opinions and perceptions about the authorization of the accounting consultants. Questions and fears have recently arisen if it will remain and if it adds any value. Has the authorization simply played its part, or is it facing the same changes as the profession is making. The purpose of this study was to examine both the impact of changes the profession get for the authorization, and how the accounting consultant profession is affected by the changing ways of working. In order to fulfill the purpose of the study, the method was chosen to use a web-based questionnaire. The questions in the survey were intended to measure the hypotheses that were set up in the study, and which were linked to the two questions that the study was intended to answer. The questionnaire aimed to find out how important the respondents felt that the authorization is today, will it be important in the future and if they believed that the authorization is important for their customers. They also had to answer if they saw any change in their profession/duties, if the proficiency had increased, and if they felt that the quality of their work had changed since they started to work as an accounting consultant and what they thought it was due to. The respondents also had to answer if they felt that customers' requirements, expectations and demand had increased since the audit duty was abolished. In summary, it seems that authorization is of less importance to customers than it is to the profession. Digitalization has had a major impact on the accounting profession, and proficiency have increased. However, the abolition of the auditor's duty does not appear to have had a major impact on neither the customer's requirements nor the demand for the accounting consultants' services. The study also showed that those who had worked the longest logically also saw more change than those who had worked for less time

Bakgrund: Revisorsprofessionen har under senare år präglats av ökade kompetenskrav, där Revisorsinspektionen har försökt att framkalla en bredare kompetensbas genom att lätta på revisorernas utbildningskrav. En profession som utsätts för förändringar kan riskera att deprofessionaliseras genom att förlora utmärkande kännetecken, förtroende, auktoritet, kompetens och status. Det väcker ett intresse av att studera vilket avtryck som förändrade utbildnings- och kompetenskrav har lämnat på revisorsprofessionen. Syfte: Uppsatsens syfte är att bidra till en djupare förståelse för hur förändrade utbildningsoch kompetenskrav påverkar revisorer ur ett professionsteoretiskt perspektiv. Som en del av detta ingår att synliggöra hur revisorer upplever professionsidentiteten och har anpassat sig efter förändringen av professionen. Metod: Arbetet tillämpar en deduktiv forskningsansats med teoretisk utgångspunkt i professionsteori och professionsidentitet. Genom den teoretiska referensramen konstrueras en teoretisk modell som ligger till grund för utformandet av arbetets kvalitativa intervjustudie med auktoriserade och godkända revisorer. Slutsats: Studien visar att de nya utbildnings- och kompetenskrav på olika sätt har förändrat revisorsprofessionen. Revisorsprofessionen uppfyller fortfarande samtliga krav för att definieras som en profession. Kännetecknet specialiserad kunskap har däremot blivit mindre exklusivt, vilket kan liknas med en deprofessionalisering och statusförskjutning av dessa delar. Digitaliseringen och ökat kunskapsfokus upplevs å andra sidan skapa större förtroende för revisorn, samtidigt som arbetssättet beskrivs som mer homogent. De nya utbildningskraven upplevdes ännu inte ha haft inflytande på professionsidentiteten. Förändringarna har medfört att revisorsprofessionen snarare går från att utmärkas som en klassisk profession till att mer efterlikna en välfärdsprofession. Som följd föreligger uppfattningen om att revisorsprofessionen är under omdefiniering / Background: In recent years, the auditing profession has been characterized by increased competence requirements, where the Swedish Inspectorate of Auditors has attempted to create a broader knowledge base by easing the educational requirements for auditors. A profession that is subject to educational and competence requirement changes can risk deprofessionalization by losing distinctive characteristics, trust, authority, competence, and status. This raises an interest in studying the impact that changed education and competence requirements have had on the auditing profession. Purpose: The purpose of the essay is to contribute to a deeper understanding of how changing educational and competency requirements affect auditors from a professional theoretical perspective. As part of this, it involves highlighting how auditors experience professional identity and have adapted to the changes in the profession. Method: The essay applies a deductive research approach with a theoretical basis in professional theory and professional identity. Through the theoretical framework, a theoretical model is constructed that forms the basis for the design of the work's qualitative interview study with authorized and approved auditors. Conclusion: The results from the study shows that the new educational and competency requirements have changed the auditing profession. The profession still meets all the criteria to be defined as a profession. However, the characteristic of specialized knowledge has become less exclusive, which can be compared to a process of deprofessionalization and a shift in status. On the other hand, digitalization and increased focus on knowledge are perceived to create greater trust in auditors, while the work process is described as more homogeneous. The new educational requirements were not yet perceived to have influenced professional identity. The changes have led the auditing profession to move from being characterized as a classical profession to resembling more of a welfare profession. As a result, there is a perception that the auditing profession is undergoing a redefinition

Syfte: Syftet med studien är att identifiera digitaliseringens påverkan på revisorers kompetensutveckling över tid för att undersöka hur de tekniska kompetenskraven påverkat revisorsprofessionens traditionella kompetenser. Studien kommer att bidra till ökad kunskap om hur revisorer påverkas av digitaliseringen som råder. Metod: I studien har urvalet bestått av företagen som ingår i Big Four, det vill säga, Deloitte, PwC, KPMG och Ernst & Young. Det empiriska materialet härstammar från samtliga bolags årsredovisning från 2021/2022 respektive 2011/2012 eller 2013/2014 och rekryteringsannonser från 2022 respektive 2011 eller 2012. Studien har tillämpat en kvalitativ metod där en innehållsanalys genomförts av datamaterialet med kodorden digitalisering, kompetens, medarbetare, personal, utbildning och utveckling. Vidare utgår studien från en induktiv ansats. Slutsats: Studien visar att digitalisering påverkar revisorers kompetensutveckling. Företag implementerar tekniska lösningar som samhället efterfrågar och leder till att revisorernas kompetens utvecklas mot det tekniska. Detta genom utbildningar och revisorns egna ansvar att hålla sig uppdaterad inom den tekniska utvecklingen. Digitaliseringen har även ställt krav på en ökad riskhantering som revisorerna behöver ha i åtanke när ny teknik implementeras inom organisationen de verkar inom. Originalitet/värde: Utifrån tidigare forskning är ämnet kring digitalisering inom revision relativt outforskat. Fokus har inte lagts till stor del på revisorns perspektiv, utan en del tidigare forskning har fokuserat på de risker nya arbetssätt skapar och därav ska denna studie bidra med ytterligare kunskap om hur revisorns roll i kunskapsavseende förändrats i takt med samhällets digitalisering. / Purpose: The purpose of the study is to identify the impact of digitization on auditors' competence development over time in order to investigate how the technical competence requirements have affected the traditional competences of the auditor profession. The study will contribute to increased knowledge about how auditors are affected by the digitization that prevails. Methodology: In this study, the sample consists of the companies that are part of the Big Four, i.e., Deloitte, PwC, KPMG and Ernst & Young. The empirical material originates from every of these companies' annual reports from 2021/2022 and 2011/2012 or 2013/2014 respectively and recruitment advertisements from 2022 and 2011 or 2012 respectively. The study has applied a qualitative method where a content analysis was carried out of the data with the keywords digitization, competence, employees, staff, training and development. Furthermore, the study is based on an inductive approach. Findings: The study shows that digitization affects the development of auditors’ skills. Companies implement technical solutions that society demands and lead to the auditors' competence developing towards the technological development. This is done through educations and the auditor's own responsibility to keep up-to-date in the technical field. Digitization has also placed demands on increased risk management, which auditors need to keep in mind when new technology is implemented within the organization they operate within. Originality/Value: Based on previous research, the subject of digitization in auditing is relatively unexplored. The focus has not been placed largely on the auditor's perspective, but some previous research has focused on the risks new working methods create and therefore this study will contribute with additional knowledge about how the auditor's role in terms of knowledge has changed in step with the digitization of society. This thesis is written in Swedish.

Bakgrund: Studien fokuserar på personalomsättningen i små och medelstora revisionsbyråer. Den fokuserar också på vilka anledningar det finns till att vissa revisorer arbetar kvar medan andra slutar inom revisionsbyråerna. Personalomsättningen är en viktig aspekt att belysa inom revisionsbranschen eftersom branschen ligger på höga nivåer jämfört med andra branscher. Både en hög och en låg personalomsättning kan medföra olika typer av problem. Syfte: Syftet är att bidra med ny och fördjupad kunskap om personalomsättningen i små och medelstora revisionsbyråer.  Metod: Studien är uppbyggd med en deduktiv ansats och en kvalitativ forskningsmetod. Utöver den tidigare forskningen kring för- och nackdelar med små företag har vi identifierat tre teorier; psykologiska anknytningsteorin, rollteorin och mentorskapsteorin som mest används för att studera detta inom revisionsforskningen. Vi kommer därför att ha dessa som utgångspunkt. I studien kommer kvalitativa intervjuer i form av semistrukturerade intervjuer att användas som en teknik för att samla in den data som behövs. Intervjuer genomförs med fem revisorer som har valt att lämna yrket och med fem revisorer som fortfarande arbetar kvar inom revisionsbranschen. Slutsats: Det har framkommit av studien att personalomsättningen inom revisionsbranschen upplevs vara hög. Åsikterna skiljer sig en aning mellan revisorerna som slutat och revisorerna som arbetar kvar i revisionsbranschen gällande personalomsättningen i små och medelstora revisionsbyråer. Utifrån framtagandet av en modell har studien kunnat identifiera ett antal faktorer som anses vara extra viktiga för dem som fortfarande arbetar kvar, likaså har det framkommit faktorer som kan påverka revisorers intentioner till att sluta. Det har även upptäckts nya faktorer som kan påverka revisorerna utöver de faktorer som har framkommit i teorierna. / Background: The study focuses on staff turnover in small and medium-sized auditing firms. It also focuses on the reasons why there are some auditors who continue to work while others leave the audit firms. Staff turnover is an important aspect to highlight in the auditing industry, as the industry is at high levels compared to other industries. Both high and low staff turnover can cause different types of problems. Purpose: The purpose is to contribute with new and in-depth knowledge of staff turnover in small and medium-sized auditing firms. Method: The study is structured with a deductive approach and a qualitative research method. In addition to previous research on the pros and cons of small business, we have identified three theories; psychological attachment theory, role theory and mentorship theory are most commonly used to study this in audit research. We will therefore have these as a starting point. In the study, qualitative interviews in the form of semi-structured interviews will be used as a technique to collect the data needed. Interviews are conducted with five auditors who have chosen to leave the profession and with five auditors who still work in the auditing industry. Conclusion: It has emerged from the study that staff turnover in the auditing industry is perceived to be high. Opinions differ slightly between the retired auditors and the auditors who remain in the auditing industry regarding staff turnover in small and medium-sized auditing firms. Based on the development of a model, the study has been able to identify a number of factors that are considered to be extra important for those who are still working, as well as factors that may influence auditors' intentions to quit. New factors have also been discovered that can affect the auditors in addition to the factors that have emerged in the theories.

Studies on the development of the accountancy profession in the ex-colony countries have recently adopted theoretical and methodological frameworks that linked such development with the socio-historical context of these countries as former colonies or dependants of the more developed countries. More specifically, they associate the emergence and development of the accountancy profession in these countries with the historical and contemporary global expansion of capitalism. However, there is still a need for further research. First, how global expansion of capitalism penetrates is different across different country settings. Hence, this process would be best understood by incorporating the socio-political, economic and historical specificity of the given country. Second, previous studies emphasize the internal dialectic contradictions of capitalism in analysing the changes and dynamics of the profession in ex-colony countries. Recent literature, however, has introduced methodologies that recognize the need to acknowledge the existence of any rivalling structures as possible external sources of the dialectic progress of capitalist expansion. In regard to this, the socio-political and historical context of Indonesia may offer a case of how the interactions between global expansion of capitalism and existing rivalling structures may shape the development of the accountancy profession. The need for further research is amplified by the fact that previous studies on the Indonesian accountancy profession have generally ignored the influence of these wider socio-political factors. The primary aim of this study is thus to investigate how the accountancy profession has emerged and developed in Indonesia over the last five decades. To achieve its objectives, this research draws insights from the tradition of the globalization theory as a critique to global expansion of capitalism and Robert Cox historical structure methodology. The central argument of this thesis is that the development of the Indonesian accountancy profession followed the changes in the country¿s system of political economy, which in turn has been heavily influenced by the relationship between ex-colony countries with their former colonizers within the context of the capitalistic world order. In other words, this study accepts the contention that the spread of the Western-style accountancy profession across the globe, including Indonesia, was the consequence of global expansion of capitalism. However, the working and the extent of such influence is also shaped by alternative social structure(s) existing at the global level and/or emanating from the complexities of the Indonesian historical and societal context. To substantiate this argument, the study uses document analysis to understand the development of the Indonesian accountancy profession during the three main periods in its history. In the first period (1954 ¿ 1966), the analysis shows that the Westernization of the accounting profession was compromised by Indonesian nationalism, ideological division amongst the Indonesian leaders and the Cold War. In the second period (1967 ¿ 1997), the process was compromised by the oligarchic capitalism of the New Order political regime. The Westernization of the profession could only reach full speed after the 1997 Asian financial crisis, which has undermined the politico-business coalitions under the New Order that had prevented Indonesia from fully integrating into the global capitalist economic order. / Bradford University School of Management

Introduktion: Det råder brist på operationssjuksköterskor nationellt vilket har lett till stängda operationssalar och långa vårdköer. Med detta examensarbete vill författarna skildra sjuksköterskors perspektiv och ge en djupare kunskap i deras syn på operationssjuksköterskans profession, och vad som skulle kunna öka deras intresse för att söka till specialistsjuksköterskeutbildningen mot operationssjukvård. Syfte: ​​Syftet med studien var att beskriva sjuksköterskors uppfattning om operationssjuksköterskans profession.  Metod: En kvalitativ intervjustudie med semistrukturerade frågor med grundutbildade sjuksköterskor i åtta gruppintervjuer med sammanlagt 17 deltagare. Data analyserade enligt kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Resultat: I resultatet framkom två huvudkategorier, med totalt fyra underkategorier. Den första huvudkategorin blev tvetydig kunskap som råder om operationssjuksköterskans profession med tillhörande underkategorier specifikt ansvar utifrån specialistkompetens samt otydlig kunskap och fysiskt krävande arbete. Den andra huvudkategorin blev öka intresse för specialistsjuksköterskeutbildning inriktning mot operationssjukvård, med underkategorierna bra anställningsvillkor och ha nära till utbildningsort samt synliggöra operationssjuksköterskans profession. Konklusion: Studiens resultat visade att operationssjuksköterskans profession inte är helt känd för alla sjuksköterskor. Det fanns olika uppfattningar som mer eller mindre stämmer in på vad operationssjuksköterskans kompetens innebär. I resultatet framkom även förslag på faktorer som skulle kunna öka sjuksköterskors intresse för operationssjukvård. / Introduction: There is a shortage of surgical nurses nationally, which has led to closed operating theaters and long medical care queues. With this degree project, the researchers want to portray nurses' perspectives and provide a deeper knowledge of their view of the operating theatre nurse's profession and what could increase their interest in applying for specialist nursing training against surgical care. Purpose: The purpose of the study was to describe nurses' perception of the operating theatre nurse's profession.  Method: A qualitative interview study with semi-structured questions with basic nurses in eight group interviews and a total of 17 participants. Data analyzed according to qualitative content analysis. Results: The results revealed two main categories, with a total of four subcategories. The first main category was ambiguous knowledge that prevails about the surgical nurse's profession with associated subcategories of specific responsibilities based on specialist competence as well as unclear knowledge and physically demanding work. The second main category was to increase interest in specialist nursing training focusing on surgical care, with the subcategories of good employment conditions and being close to the place of training and making the surgical nurse's profession visible. Conclusion: The results of the study showed that the profession of operating theatre nurse is not completely known to all nurses. There were different perceptions that are more or less correct in what the surgical nurse's competence entails. The results also revealed suggestions for factors that could increase nurses' interest in surgical care.