Career guidance during nurse training: findings from an exploratory study.
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.
Marsland
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Nursing Research Unit, King's College London University, England.
Robinson
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Hayward
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J
Owen
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D002321:Career Choice; D015331:Cohort Studies; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D013338:Students, Nursing; D006113:United Kingdom; D014830:Vocational Guidance