Results: Of the 142 respondents, 128 were included in the analyses. The results indicated that the words "infection" and "prevention" were characteristic of the males, while the words "patients," "anxiety," and "examination" were characteristic of the females. There was a significantly stronger connection between the words "patients" and "anxiety" in the females. For groups with different salary/bonus changes, the word "examination" was characteristic of the Down group, the word “infection” was characteristic of the No-change and Up groups, and the word “prevention” was characteristic of the Up group. The connection between the words "infection" and "examination" differed between the three groups.