Life-Cycle Influences on Staff Nurse Career Expectations

The impact of clinical experiences during preregistration diploma in nursing courses on initial career choice

“…Although gender roles in British society have changed over the years it is still the woman that bears most of the caring burden within the family. Shindul‐Rothchild (1995) attributed women’s choice of employment in nursing to:…”

Career needs, career development programmes, organizational commitment and turnover intention of nurses in Taiwan

“…Although an increasing number of studies on nursing careers are available, these studies contain little empirical evidence about career needs (Meehan 1995, Shindul‐Rothschild 1995, McNeese‐Smith 2000, Donner & Wheeler 2001). This study measures and describes the differences in career needs among nurses in various career stages, and provides recommendations for the hospitals’ administrators for accommodating nurses’ career needs in career development programmes.…”

Towards an integrated approach for the management of ageing nurses

“…These incentives are aimed at recognition of competencies (academic and professional), improved status, professional autonomy, reduction of workload, improvement of the retirement plan and increases in salary (MSSS 2003). These incentives have also been identified in other studies that looked at retention of senior nurses (Shindul‐Rothschild 1995, Letvak 2002, 2003), and they bring together some of the essential attributes of a ‘magnet hospital’ work environment that retains nurses (Kramer & Schmalenberg 2004). The majority of managers are aware of the needs of an ageing workforce; however, many facilities have no policies in place to address the needs of senior RNs, or immediate plans to implement any (Letvak 2002).…”