McKenna Lisa, Brooks Ingrid
School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Australia; School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Australia.
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia.
Nurse Educ Pract. 2018 Jan;28:292-295. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2017.11.010. Epub 2017 Nov 16.
Graduate entry nursing programs designed for individuals with prior degrees in other disciplines are becoming increasingly popular internationally. They provide entry into nursing for people with unique skill-sets. Yet, little is known about why these individuals choose career change into nursing and what they expect from their new careers. This component of a larger study sought to explore graduate entry nursing students' short and longer term career intentions on commencement of their courses. A cross-sectional survey was used. Descriptive frequencies were used to analyse demographic data, while summative content analysis was used with the open-ended questions. Participants were drawn from eight cohorts of commencing students from enrolled in one graduate entry masters program in Australia between 2009 and 2015. Content analysis identified three main categories: professional role, work location, and work context. Longer term responses were categorised under four categories: professional role, work location, work context and personal and professional goals. Many students had clear directions about their future nursing careers. On graduation, many envisioned working in advanced roles or in clinical specialty areas, primarily in hospital settings. However, in the longer term, there was diversity among with many envisaging work outside traditional hospital settings, and some in other health disciplines.
为具有其他学科先前学位的个人设计的护理学研究生入学项目在国际上越来越受欢迎。它们为拥有独特技能组合的人提供了进入护理行业的途径。然而，对于这些人为何选择转行从事护理工作以及他们对新职业有何期望，人们却知之甚少。这项更大规模研究的这一部分旨在探讨护理学研究生入学项目的学生在课程开始时的短期和长期职业意向。采用了横断面调查。描述性频率用于分析人口统计学数据，而对开放式问题则采用总结性内容分析。参与者来自2009年至2015年期间在澳大利亚一所护理学研究生入学硕士项目中入学的八个起始学生队列。内容分析确定了三个主要类别：专业角色、工作地点和工作环境。长期回复被归类为四个类别：专业角色、工作地点、工作环境以及个人和职业目标。许多学生对他们未来的护理职业有明确的方向。毕业时，许多人设想担任高级职位或在临床专科领域工作，主要是在医院环境中。然而，从长远来看，情况多种多样，许多人设想在传统医院环境之外工作，还有一些人设想从事其他健康学科的工作。
