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Career guidance during nurse training: findings from an exploratory study
Author(s) -
Marsland Louise,
Robinson Sarah,
Ward Jack Hay,
Owen Heather
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.18020321.x
Subject(s) - exploratory research , medical education , cohort , nursing , career development , psychology , medicine , cohort study , pathology , sociology , anthropology
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.