How to identify and recruit nurses to a survey 14 and 24 years after graduation in a context of scarce data: lessons learnt from the 2012 nurses at work pilot study on nurses’ career paths
Abstract:BackgroundNursing workforce data are scarce in Switzerland, with no active national registry of nurses. The worldwide nursing shortage is also affecting Switzerland, so that evidence-based results of the nurses at work project on career paths and retention are needed as part of the health care system stewardship; nurses at work is a retrospective cohort study of nurses who graduated in Swiss nursing schools in the last 30 years. Results of the pilot study are presented here (process and feasibility).The object… Show more
“…Detailed methods and demographic characteristics of the study population are described elsewhere (Addor et al . ).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…The 2012 pilot study of the nurses at work project had two objectives: (1) to define and assess various aspects of feasibility and methodology (results and rationale for the nurses at work study have been published elsewhere; Addor et al . ), and (2) to provide some general preliminary answers to the research questions about career paths, reasons to leave the job and duration of employment. This paper reports on the second objective.…”
“…Detailed methods and demographic characteristics of the study population are described elsewhere (Addor et al . ).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…The 2012 pilot study of the nurses at work project had two objectives: (1) to define and assess various aspects of feasibility and methodology (results and rationale for the nurses at work study have been published elsewhere; Addor et al . ), and (2) to provide some general preliminary answers to the research questions about career paths, reasons to leave the job and duration of employment. This paper reports on the second objective.…”
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