Expectation and Attainment of Nursing Careers

Dunkelberger, John E.; Aadland, Sophia C.

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“…Occupational preference does not necessarily determine occupational entry, as shown in a longitudinal study of the career preferences of high school students and entry into nursing (Dunkelberger & Aadland 1984).…”

Section: Career Choicementioning

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Nursing as a career choice for women in Pakistan

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Watters²,

Matthews

1994

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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This paper reports on semi-structured interviews with 114 Pakistani nurses. This sample comes from a larger long-term study examining the impact of advanced training in Canada on the lives and careers of nurses and lady health visitors from Pakistan. The data reported here were drawn from the first interview with all nurses, and focuses on how and why they chose a career in nursing. Demographically, the respondents (Rs) were more urban and more highly educated than the average Pakistani woman. Compared to the national population, Ismailis and Christians were over-represented and non-Ismaili Muslims under-represented in our sample. Although these ratios are also true of Pakistan's nursing population, the bias has been exaggerated by the convenience nature of our sample drawn primarily from the Aga Khan University Medical Centre. Most Rs found out about nursing through a relative or friend who was also a nurse. Eighty per cent of Rs (n = 92) reported having made the decision to pursue nursing by themselves, illustrating the increasing ability of women to control their own lives in this traditionally patriarchal society. 'Professionalism' was the predominant reason why Rs (or others) decided on nursing, followed by 'Altruism'. These findings are compared to other studies on the career choice of nurses done in non-Islamic societies. Over 90% of Rs reported receiving support from at least one friend or relative for their decision to enter nursing. Nonetheless, over half (58%) also reported that someone, most often a male relative, had opposed their career choice. Our results are discussed in terms of the status of women and nursing in Pakistan.

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Section: Career Choicementioning

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Nursing as a career choice for women in Pakistan

French

Watters²,

Matthews

1994

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…The largest number of replicated studies (n=5) addressed topics in nursing education (Bergman & Gaitskill, 1990;Cassells, Redman, & Jackson, 1986;Cassidy & Oddi, 1991;Nehring, 1990;Wold & Worth, 1990) and coping (n=5) (Groer, Thomas, & Shoffner, 1992;Gurklis & Menke, 1988;Mishel, Padilla, Grant, & Sorenson, 1991;Scott, Oberst, & Bookbinder, 1984;Ventura, 1986). Research about nurses' characteristics was the next most frequently replicated topic (n=4) (Bordieri, Solodky, & Mikos, 1985;Damrosch, Gallo, Kulak, & Whitaker, 1987;Dunkelberger & Aadland, 1984;McCranie, Lambert, & Lambert, 1987) followed by perioperative research ( n = 3 ) (LaMontagne, 1987;Mogan, Wells, & Robertson, 1985;Rice, Mullin, & Jarosz, 1992). Other topics had two replicated studies: body image during and after pregnancy (Drake, Verhulst, Fawcett, & Barger, 1988;Fawcett, Bliss-Holtz, Haas, Leventhal, & Rubin, 1986), caring (Mayer, 1987;von Essen & Sjoden, 1991), patient control (Dennis, 1987(Dennis, , 1990, and cardiac care (Bourbonnais & Baumann, 1985;Karlik & Yarcheski, 1987).…”

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Replication Strategies for Nursing Research

Beck¹

1994

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Implementing research findings into nursing practice has been seriously hampered by the lack of replication studies. One deterrent to replication is the vague and scant treatment that replication methodology has been given in the nursing literature. Knowledge of different replication strategies will enable researchers to choose the most appropriate approach. Four of the most frequently cited classifications of replication research are compared and a review of replication studies in nursing from 1983 to 1992 is included.

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Socio-demographic characteristics and opinions of basic and post-basic nursing students in Nigeria

Adejunmobi¹

1986

International Journal of Nursing Studies

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Expectation and Attainment of Nursing Careers

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Nursing as a career choice for women in Pakistan

Nursing as a career choice for women in Pakistan

Replication Strategies for Nursing Research

Socio-demographic characteristics and opinions of basic and post-basic nursing students in Nigeria

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