Student Research Committee, Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Careers and Employability Consultant, Southern Cross University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.
Int Nurs Rev. 2019 Mar;66(1):78-86. doi: 10.1111/inr.12460. Epub 2018 Jul 11.
The aim was to explore nurses' perceptions of career success.
Career success is a concept which leads to improving professional behaviours. Research that focused on conceptualizing career success found it to be a complex, value-driven construct likely to be perceived differently across work and cultural contexts. It is not yet clear what constitutes career success, and how it is perceived by nurses in Iran. More comprehensive exploration of this concept in nursing is needed, so research and policymaking can advance in informed, data-driven manner.
This is a qualitative descriptive study. The setting was teaching hospitals of Iran. Twenty-seven nurses participated in face-to-face interviews, and six field notes were collected. Data were analysed using conventional content analysis.
Analyses identified five themes of career success: providing high-quality care, being exemplary employee, embarking on career growth, having positive personal attributes and being internally satisfied.
Findings confirmed that career success in Iranian nurses was a multidimensional concept that represented five internally and externally driven dimensions set within its cultural and religious context. Policymakers and clinical educators can now plan interventions aimed at fostering career success in nursing staff.
IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION, NURSING AND HEALTH POLICIES: Future nurses could use these finding to reflect on their developed attributes throughout their studies and clinical placements and adjust their career preparation and learning to bridge any identified gaps. Organizational values and intervention for nursing staff could also be redesigned to align with the aspects of career success.
旨在探讨护士对职业成功的看法。
职业成功是一个导致改善职业行为的概念。关注职业成功概念的研究发现，它是一个复杂的、受价值观驱动的结构，在不同的工作和文化背景下可能会有不同的看法。目前还不清楚什么是职业成功，以及伊朗护士如何看待职业成功。需要更全面地探讨这一概念在护理中的作用，以便研究和决策能够以知情和数据驱动的方式推进。
这是一项定性描述性研究。研究地点是伊朗的教学医院。27 名护士参加了面对面的访谈，收集了 6 份实地记录。使用常规内容分析法分析数据。
分析确定了职业成功的五个主题：提供高质量的护理、成为模范员工、开始职业发展、拥有积极的个人特质和内在满足感。
研究结果证实，伊朗护士的职业成功是一个多维概念，代表了在其文化和宗教背景下的五个内在和外在驱动的维度。政策制定者和临床教育者现在可以计划干预措施，以促进护理人员的职业成功。
教育、护理和卫生政策的影响：未来的护士可以利用这些发现，在整个学习和临床实习期间反思自己发展的特质，并调整自己的职业准备和学习，以弥补任何发现的差距。还可以重新设计组织对护理人员的价值观和干预措施，以符合职业成功的各个方面。
