The impact of bachelor degree completion programs on career development of nurses in Israel.
The study compares aspects of the career development of working nurses, graduates of a BA degree program, which runs on two tracks--university (UG) and college (CG). Two hundred nurses participated in the study, 86 of them (43%) UG and 114 (57%) CG. Participants were asked about their academic backgrounds, career advancement and satisfaction with their studies. Results indicated no major differences in professional advancement between the graduates of the two tracks. College-graduates were significantly older with lower previous academic achievements. Both BA programs promoted nurses and enabled career advancement, especially so for the college-graduates who would not, otherwise, have been able to make this progress.
Notzer
Netta
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The Unit of Medical Education, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 61390, Israel. mededu@post.tau.ac.il
Ribak
Joseph
J
Abramovitz
Ruth
R
Ben-Yair
Rivka
R
Yaakobson
Orit
O
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002322:Career Mobility; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000592:standards*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004510:Education, Nursing, Diploma Programs / Q000592:standards*; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D007857:Leadership; D020380:Needs Assessment; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D013192:Staff Development / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires