School of Nursing and Midwifery City, East Campus, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
J Adv Nurs. 2013 Jun;69(6):1314-22. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.06123.x. Epub 2012 Aug 22.
To identify predictors of successful transition from undergraduate student to registered nurse and to identify whether any particular pre-registration paid employment choice impacted on transition.
Nursing students in Australia and internationally, engage in a variety of paid employment whilst completing their university studies. However, there is little empirical evidence about the different types of employment chosen by students and any relationship to graduate nurse transition.
A descriptive questionnaire survey.
This cross-sectional study was conducted with newly graduated nurses throughout Australia. The survey data were collected over 4 months in 2011, with 392 registered nurses completing a questionnaire.
Respondents were categorized into four groups, according to their chosen work type (hospitality/retail, enrolled nurse, other healthcare worker, and non-worker) and transition scores were identified. Transition scores were significantly higher for undergraduates who were employed compared with non-workers. Postregistration institutional work factors appeared to be stronger predictors of successful transition than pre-registration employment factors. Assistance in dealing with complex patients, orientation to a new environment, and respect from colleagues were the best predictors for successful transition.
Engaging in some form of paid employment in the final year of undergraduate university study is beneficial. However, it is not pre-registration employment choice per se that is the best predictor of successful transition, but the influence of work factors which new graduates experience in their first year of practice.
确定从本科学生到注册护士成功过渡的预测因素，并确定任何特定的预注册带薪就业选择是否对过渡产生影响。
澳大利亚和国际上的护理学生在完成大学学业期间从事各种带薪工作。然而，关于学生选择的不同类型的就业以及与毕业生护士过渡的任何关系，实证证据很少。
描述性问卷调查。
这是一项在澳大利亚各地新毕业护士中进行的横断面研究。该调查数据于 2011 年在 4 个月内收集，共有 392 名注册护士完成了一份问卷。
根据工作类型（酒店/零售、注册护士、其他医疗保健工作者和非工作者）将受访者分为四组，并确定了过渡分数。与非工作者相比，有带薪工作的本科生过渡分数明显更高。注册后机构工作因素似乎比预注册就业因素更能预测成功过渡。帮助处理复杂的患者、适应新环境以及获得同事的尊重是成功过渡的最佳预测因素。
在本科大学学习的最后一年从事某种形式的带薪工作是有益的。然而，能够成功过渡的最佳预测因素不是预注册就业选择本身，而是新毕业生在实践的第一年所经历的工作因素的影响。
