Planning a pathway in nursing: do course experiences influence job plans?

Marsland, Louise; Hickey, Gary

doi:10.1016/s0260-6917(02)00196-x

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“…Many studies have concluded that the longer that nursing students spend with older individuals, the more positive their attitudes become (Hartley et al ., 1995). Course experiences influence nursing students' career decisions (Marsland & Hickey, 2003) and the nature of their experience of placements with elderly persons affects the students' decision as to whether or not to work with them.…”

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confidence: 99%

Iranian nursing students' perspectives regarding caring for elderly patients

Rejeh

Heravi‐Karimooi

Vaismoradi

2011

Nursing & Health Sciences

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The purpose of this study was to explore Iranian nursing students' perspectives regarding caring for elderly patients. A qualitative design, based on the content analysis approach, was used to collect and analyze the perspectives of 25 senior nursing students who were providing care for elderly patients in the medical and surgical wards of two teaching hospitals in Tehran, Iran. After using purposeful sampling to select the participants, semistructured interviews were held in order to collect the data. During the data analysis, two main themes and six subthemes emerged. The first theme was "the barriers to caring for elderly patients", with the subthemes of "policies and rules of the organization", "a lack of educational preparation", and "an inappropriate physical environment", and the second theme was "the facilitators to caring for elderly patients", with the subthemes of "religion and cultural norms", "role modeling", and "previous exposure to elderly patients". This study informs international audiences of the factors that influence the quality of care of elderly patients so that strategies can be devised in order to prepare nursing students to meet the physical and psychological needs of elderly patients.

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Iranian nursing students' perspectives regarding caring for elderly patients

Rejeh

Heravi‐Karimooi

Vaismoradi

2011

Nursing & Health Sciences

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“…Only one third developed new perspectives. Course experiences in 17 of 28 specialities were not found to affect student perceptions (Marsland & Hickey 2003). In a longitudinal study, Happell (2002) found that, while career choice preferences were not static over the course of a student's nursing education, the five top areas of preference remained the same.…”

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Perceptions of Israeli student nurses regarding clinical specialties and factors that influence these perceptions

Ganz¹,

Kahana²

2006

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Nursing students in Israel tend to perceive clinical areas in ways similar to other students around the world. These perceptions are strongly influenced by personal experiences and other personal contacts, most often not nursing instructors. Major changes in the local society seem for the most part to have little impact on these perceptions. Therefore there is a need for international nurse educators and recruiters to develop new, creative strategies to encourage nursing students to pursue careers in areas presently considered less popular.

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“…Few studies that addressed factors influencing graduates' choices of clinical field were found. Previous research has mainly focused on nursing students' perceptions, career plans and preferences about employment in clinical fields (Marsland & Hickey , Kloster et al . ).…”

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confidence: 99%