title: Career guidance during nurse training: findings from an exploratory study.
abstract: This research into the career guidance experiences of nurses during their training was undertaken as an exploratory study upon which a series of larger studies will subsequently be based. Additionally, it contributed to a national cohort study of the careers of newly qualified registered general nurses. One hundred and twelve nurses were involved in the development and testing of questions for a postal questionnaire to be used in the cohort study of careers. Some problems encountered when investigating career guidance by questionnaire are described, in the light of which a revised research design is proposed and the career guidance experiences of 31 nurses presented. Twenty-one aspects of guidance were investigated, covering information and advice about applying for first post, post-basic courses and longer-term plans.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Research Unit, King's College London University, England.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marsland
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hayward
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Owen
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D015331:Cohort Studies; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D013338:Students, Nursing; D006113:United Kingdom; D014830:Vocational Guidance