title: Experiences of Australian and New Zealand new nursing and midwifery graduates looking for employment.
abstract: The aim of this research is to describe the experiences of Australian and New Zealand nursing and midwifery students looking for employment after graduation. This qualitative study draws from 2008, 2009 and 2010 responses provided by 197 recently graduated Australian and New Zealand nurses and midwives to, Describe your experiences gaining employment as a nurse or midwife after graduation. Two themes were inductively derived, Taking what you can get and I had a job lined up. Within the taking what you can get theme, respondents efforts to gain employment as a nurse or midwife after graduation were challenged by limited choices round the type of clinical practice available and/or job insecurity. In contrast, for respondents in the I had a job lined up theme, employment after graduation was linked to job offers during student's clinical placements and/or hospitals where they completed their final practicum. Understanding and better facilitating the transition of new nurse/midwife graduates to healthcare institutions are vitally important to sustaining the nursing workforce.
authors.affiliation: The University of Queensland, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.|The University of British Columbia, School of Nursing, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tuckett
authors.affiliation: The University of British Columbia, School of Nursing, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.|The University of Queensland, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Oliffe
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand; D009721:Nurse Midwives / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D009726:Nurses / Q000600:supply & distribution*
keywords: Australia; New Zealand; new midwife graduates; new nursing graduates; nurse graduate employment