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.
The Unit of Medical Education, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 61390, Israel. mededu@post.tau.ac.il
Netta
N
Notzer
Joseph
J
Ribak
Ruth
R
Abramovitz
Rivka
R
Ben-Yair
Orit
O
Yaakobson
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