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Talman K, Mäntylä H, Hupli M, Pasanen M, Haavisto E. Nursing applicants' desire to work in nursing and related factors: a cross-sectional study. Contemp Nurse 2024:1-12. [PMID: 38512986 DOI: 10.1080/10376178.2024.2327355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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BACKGROUND The desire to work in the nursing profession has recently been identified as an important aspect to consider in the selection process of nursing students but very little is known about nursing applicants' or students' desire to work in nursing. AIMS The study aimed to describe and explain the desire of undergraduate nursing applicants to work in nursing. DESIGN A cross-sectional study design. METHODS The Desire to Work in Nursing Instrument was used to collect the data. All nursing applicants (N = 974) who took part in an entrance examination organised in six Universities in October 2018 were eligible to participate. Eight Hundred and Forty-one applicants (response rate 86%, 102 males) participated in the study. Statistical analysis included the use of descriptive statistics and linear regression was used to assess if dependent variables explained the observed outcomes. RESULTS A strong desire to work in nursing was demonstrated in all the four areas. The most common reason to desire this work was suitability to nursing and the nature of work, and the least common was the career opportunities. Gender, previous education, and a realistic image best explain the desire. CONCLUSIONS The assessment of desire to work in nursing may assist career choice of nursing applicants, and may enhance recruitment and retention in nursing education. Applicants need to be more aware of the career development possibilities. Further studies are needed to investigate if the desire to work in nursing is different to men than to women to inform recruitment strategies.
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- Kirsi Talman
- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Medisiina B, 20014 Turku, Finland
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- WinNova (vocational education), Steniuksenkatu 8, 26100 Rauma, Finland
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Medisiina B, 20014 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Medisiina B, 20014 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Medisiina B, 20014 Turku, Finland
- Hospital District of Satakunta, Sairaalantie 3, 28500 Pori, Finland
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McKenna L, Mambu IR, Sommers CL, Reisenhofer S, McCaughan J. Nurses' and nursing students' reasons for entering the profession: content analysis of open-ended questions. BMC Nurs 2023; 22:152. [PMID: 37147580 PMCID: PMC10160712 DOI: 10.1186/s12912-023-01307-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 04/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Global nursing shortages require effective recruitment strategies and understanding of individuals' motivations to enter the profession. These can be complex and bound by numerous factors such as gender and culture. While much research around this has been conducted, little has been undertaken in non-Western cultures where motivations could be different. AIM To explore Indonesian nurses' and nursing students' motivations for entering the nursing profession. DESIGN Online survey with closed and open-ended questions drawn from two different studies. This paper reports findings from one similar open-ended question. METHODS As part of two larger surveys, nurses from 13 hospitals across one private health care group and nursing students with clinical experienced enrolled in a baccalaureate nursing program in Indonesia were asked the question, Why do you want to be a nurse? Responses were translated into English and back-translated into Indonesian prior to being subjected to summative content analysis. RESULTS In total, 1351 nurses and 400 students provided responses to the question, representing 98.72% and 99.70% respectively of those completing the survey. Both groups were primarily influenced by desire to serve others and God, personal calling and influence of family members and others. Nurses identified a desire to work in the health field and with the sick, in a noble and caring profession. CONCLUSIONS Nurses and nursing students were motivated by traditional perspectives on nursing. These should be considered in future recruitment activities. However, more research is needed to understand how these factors influence career choice.
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- La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
- Bairnsdale Regional Health Service, Bairnsdale, Australia
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Wang C, Fu W, Wu X, Wang Y. Just world beliefs and altruistic behaviors of college students during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of empathy. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2023; 42:1-11. [PMID: 36684464 PMCID: PMC9838284 DOI: 10.1007/s12144-023-04233-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Altruistic behavior is of great significance for individual happiness and social development. The study has focused on the influence of two factors at the individual level on college students' altruistic behavior. The self-report questionnaires of 2,272 college students on belief in a just world, empathy and altruistic behavior were investigated. The results of the study found that: 1) Just-world belief and empathy both positively predicted altruistic behavior; 2) Empathy influenced altruistic behavior through just-world belief. And from the perspective of motivation theory, it explains that individuals affirm that altruistic behavior will bring spiritual pleasure, so individuals will maintain the consistency of their own internal factors to promote altruistic behavior.This study enriches the research value of altruistic behavior at the individual level and provides an empirical basis for the cultivation of altruistic behavior at the individual level.
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- Chonggao Wang
- School of Special Education, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875 China
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- School of Special Education, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875 China
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- School of Psychology, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475001 China
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- School of Special Education, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875 China
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Wang L, Li H, Chen Q, Fang C, Cao L, Zhu L. Mediating effect of workplace violence on the relationship between empathy and professional identity among nursing students. Front Psychol 2022; 13:964952. [PMID: 36578675 PMCID: PMC9791219 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.964952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background Studies have reported that empathy had a positive effect on professional identity (PI) in nursing students. However, little was known about the mechanism underlying this relationship between empathy and professional identity in nursing students. Objective The purpose of this study was to analyze in depth the mediating effect of workplace violence (WVP) between empathy and professional identity in nursing students. Methods A total of 405 nursing students participated and were investigated using the Chinese version of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Health Professional (JSE-HP), the scale of professional identity about nursing students, and the workplace violence Incident Survey in this study. Hierarchical regression was used to analyze the mediating effect of workplace violence on the relationship between empathy and professional identity among nursing students. Results The score of nursing students' professional identity was 103.69 ± 17.79. Workplace violence had a significant negative correlation with empathy (r = -0.449, P < 0.001) and professional identity (r = -0.330, P < 0.001). Workplace violence accounted for 14.59% of the total mediating effect on the relationship between empathy and professional identity for nursing students. Conclusions In this study, the level of professional identity of nursing students was low. Workplace violence had a partially significantly mediating effect on the relationship between empathy and professional identity. Maybe, it was suggested that nursing students' professional identity might be improved and driven by a decrease in workplace violence. Targeted interventions at reducing nursing students' workplace violence should be developed and implemented. In addition, nursing managers and educators should be aware of the importance of empathy and improve professional identity in nursing students.
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- Liping Wang
- Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China,Department of Kidney Transplantation, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China,Department of Kidney Transplantation, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China,Department of Cardiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China,Department of Cardiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China,*Correspondence: Li Zhu
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Sang N, Zhu ZZ, Wu L, Shi PL, Wang LW, Kan HY, Wu GC. The mediating effect of psychological resilience on empathy and professional identity of Chinese nursing students: A structural equation model analysis. J Prof Nurs 2022; 43:53-60. [PMID: 36496245 DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2022.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2022] [Revised: 08/28/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Previous studies have shown that empathy has a positive impact on the professional identity of nursing students. And developing psychological resilience can improve the professional identity of nursing students. However, studies investigating the mechanism of the relationship between empathy and psychological resilience on professional identity remain few. PURPOSE Among Chinese nursing students, we sought to determine whether psychological resilience mediates the association between empathy and professional identity. METHODS A total of 495 undergraduate and postgraduate nursing students in a medical university nursing college in Hefei were investigated by demographic data questionnaire, nursing students' empathy scale, nursing students' professional identity questionnaire, and psychological resilience questionnaire. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the mediating effect of psychological resilience between empathy and the professional identity of nursing students. RESULTS The total score of professional identity of nursing students was 57.07 ± 10.38. Psychological resilience (r = 0.316, P < 0.01) and professional identity (r = 0.313, P < 0.01) both had positive correlations with empathy, respectively. Additionally, there was a strong correlation between psychological resilience and professional identity (r = 0.488, P < 0.01). Empathy had an indirect effect on professional identity through psychological resilience, with a direct effect of 0.256 and an indirect effect of 0.145, and the indirect effect accounted for 36.16 % of the total effect. CONCLUSION Nursing educators should pay attention to the cultivation of empathy ability and psychological resilience to enhance nursing students' professional identity.
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- Ni Sang
- School of Nursing, Anhui Medical University, 15 Feicui Road, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- School of Nursing, Anhui Medical University, 15 Feicui Road, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- School of Nursing, Anhui Medical University, 15 Feicui Road, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- School of Nursing, Anhui Medical University, 15 Feicui Road, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- School of Nursing, Anhui Medical University, 15 Feicui Road, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- School of Nursing, Anhui Medical University, 15 Feicui Road, Hefei, Anhui, China.
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