Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway.
Business School, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway.
BMC Health Serv Res. 2023 Mar 21;23(1):273. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09259-0.
The anticipated growth in number of older people with long-term health problems is associated with a greater need for registered nurses. Home care services needs enough nurses that can deliver high quality services in patients' homes. This article improves our understanding of nurses' career choices in home care services.
A qualitative study using individual semi-structured interviews with 20 registered nurses working in home care services. The interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed and thematically analyzed.
The analysis resulted in three themes emphasizing the importance of multiple stakeholders and contextual factors, fit with nurses' private life, and meaning of work. The results offer important insights that can be used to improve organizational policy and HR practices to sustain a workforce of registered nurses in home care services.
The results illustrate the importance of having a whole life perspective to understand nurses' career choices, and how nurses' career preferences changes over time.
预计患有长期健康问题的老年人数量将会增加,这将导致对注册护士的需求增加。家庭护理服务需要足够的护士,以便在患者家中提供高质量的服务。本文旨在加深我们对家庭护理服务中护士职业选择的理解。
本研究采用定性研究方法,对 20 名在家庭护理服务中工作的注册护士进行了个人半结构化访谈。访谈内容进行了录音、转录和主题分析。
分析结果得出了三个主题,强调了多个利益相关者和背景因素的重要性、与护士私人生活的契合度以及工作的意义。研究结果提供了重要的见解,可以用于改进组织政策和人力资源实践,以维持家庭护理服务中注册护士的劳动力。
研究结果说明了从整体生活视角理解护士职业选择的重要性,以及护士职业偏好随时间的变化。