Examine The relationship between achievement motivation and entrepreneurial talent In nursing students of Gonabad University of Medical Sciences

Skilled manpower education for society is one of the main objectives of higher education in Iran. Nowadays, since unemployment is one of the biggest economic problems of Iran, higher education has a dual mission of employment and development of entrepreneurial talent. Furthermore, the achievement motivation is significantly important as a success factor especially in nursing students. Therefore, this study was conducted with the aim to determine the relationship between achievement motivation and entrepreneurial talent In nursing students of Gonabad University of Medical Sciences.
This study was conducted by cross-sectional descriptive-analytical method. Statistical population included all 160 second-eighth semester nursing students who were selected by census method from Gonabad University of Medical Sciences. Inclusion criteria included studying at the time of the research and the student's willingness to participate in the study. Exclusion criteria was the failure to complete the questionnaires. Data collection tools of this study include demographic information questionnaire, entrepreneurial talent measurement questionnaire by Kordnaeij et al, and Herman's achievement motivation questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistic,and Pearson test. Data analysis was done through SPSS 20 software,
The status of entrepreneurial talent was weak in the majority of students (70 percent), and 93.1% of research units had high achievement motivation. According to results of Pearson test, there is a significant positive relationship between achievement motivation and entrepreneurial talent (p