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What do graduate registered nurses want from jobs in rural/remote Australian communities?
Author(s) -
BENNETT PAUL,
BARLOW VERONICA,
BROWN JANIE,
JONES DEBRA
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of nursing management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2834
pISSN - 0966-0429
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2011.01254.x
Subject(s) - workforce , nursing management , nursing , context (archaeology) , graduate students , medical education , medicine , psychology , sociology , political science , law , paleontology , biology
bennett p., barlow v., brown j. & jones d. (2012) Journal of Nursing Management 20, 485–490 What do graduate registered nurses want from jobs in rural/remote Australian communities? Aim To explore and describe the needs of new graduate registered nurses in a rural and remote (R&R) setting within Australia. Background Rural practice has distinctive challenges for nurses. Nurses make up the largest and most widely distributed health workforce in Australia, outnumbering doctors 8 : 1 in R&R areas. Evaluation Literature was used to evaluate the graduate registered nurses’ needs in R&R communities. Key issues Three main themes emerged: expectations, support and workloads. Themes reflected enablers and disablers of retention of nurses as they transition from student role to new graduate practice. Conclusion New graduates are aware of their limitations as new practitioners. There is an expectation that their employers will provide a supportive learning environment for them to gain the skills necessary to become proficient and valuable employees. Implications for nursing management This commentary paper identifies the need for a structured, supported new graduate programme that recognizes and meets the needs, both clinical and social, of new graduate registered nurses in the R&R context.