title: A study of short-term absence from work among a group of third year student nurses.
abstract: The objective of the study was to investigate short-term absence (STA) taken by a group of student nurses during the 3-year training period. The amount of, reasons given for, and attitudes towards such absence were considered. The information was attained by means of a questionnaire, interviews with selected students and analysis of data from hospital records. A group of 30 student nurses, approaching the end of their training, co-operated in the study. The methods used in the study are described and the findings which emerged are described and discussed.
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors