Graduating nurse students’ interest in older people nursing—A cross‐sectional survey in six European countries
BACKGROUND: Countries vary in the number of qualified nurses employed in older adult services. Moreover, students’ views of older people nursing as a career differ internationally. Studying future nurses and their career intentions for the field is warranted to meet the increased nurse workforce exp...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:9285737 2023-05-15T16:52:19+02:00 Graduating nurse students’ interest in older people nursing—A cross‐sectional survey in six European countries Koskinen, Sanna Burke, Eimear Fatkulina, Natalja Fuster, Pilar Löyttyniemi, Eliisa Salminen, Leena Stubner, Juliane Thorsteinsson, Hrund Scheving Leino‐Kilpi, Helena 2022-01-26 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9285737/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35080809 https://doi.org/10.1111/opn.12446 en eng John Wiley and Sons Inc. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9285737/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35080809 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/opn.12446 © 2022 The Authors. International Journal of Older People Nursing published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. CC-BY-NC-ND Int J Older People Nurs Original Articles Text 2022 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1111/opn.12446 2022-07-31T01:41:45Z BACKGROUND: Countries vary in the number of qualified nurses employed in older adult services. Moreover, students’ views of older people nursing as a career differ internationally. Studying future nurses and their career intentions for the field is warranted to meet the increased nurse workforce expectations in terms of quantity and competence. AIM: To analyse graduating nurse students’ interest in older people nursing and the factors associated with it. METHODS: A cross‐sectional multicountry survey design was applied. Data were collected between May 2018 and March 2019 from several educational institutions in Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Lithuania and Spain. Non‐probability convenience sampling was used to recruit graduating nurse students (n = 1796). The data were collected with a structured questionnaire comprising background factors and the Willingness sub‐scale (six items) of the Students’ Interest in Nursing Older People Scale. Data were analysed using a linear mixed model including relevant background variables. RESULTS: Overall, students’ interest in older people nursing was low (score 20.5, on a 0‒100 scale). Among the studied countries, Spanish students scored the highest (38.8) and German students the lowest (3.6). Students’ interest in older people nursing was associated with country (p < .001), the length of work experience (p = .006), plans for further study (p = .007), competence (p < .001) and the extent that nursing is valued by society (p < .001). The students who were most interested in older people nursing had higher self‐reported competence level (p < .001). CONCLUSION: In the studied sample of future nurse professionals, interest in older people nursing is low at a time when the field suffers from workforce shortage. As for quality workforce, it was promising that the students who considered working in the field also evaluated themselves as competent. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: Multidimensional actions are required to promote interest in the field, including continued ... Text Iceland PubMed Central (PMC) International Journal of Older People Nursing 17 3 |
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BACKGROUND: Countries vary in the number of qualified nurses employed in older adult services. Moreover, students’ views of older people nursing as a career differ internationally. Studying future nurses and their career intentions for the field is warranted to meet the increased nurse workforce expectations in terms of quantity and competence. AIM: To analyse graduating nurse students’ interest in older people nursing and the factors associated with it. METHODS: A cross‐sectional multicountry survey design was applied. Data were collected between May 2018 and March 2019 from several educational institutions in Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Lithuania and Spain. Non‐probability convenience sampling was used to recruit graduating nurse students (n = 1796). The data were collected with a structured questionnaire comprising background factors and the Willingness sub‐scale (six items) of the Students’ Interest in Nursing Older People Scale. Data were analysed using a linear mixed model including relevant background variables. RESULTS: Overall, students’ interest in older people nursing was low (score 20.5, on a 0‒100 scale). Among the studied countries, Spanish students scored the highest (38.8) and German students the lowest (3.6). Students’ interest in older people nursing was associated with country (p < .001), the length of work experience (p = .006), plans for further study (p = .007), competence (p < .001) and the extent that nursing is valued by society (p < .001). The students who were most interested in older people nursing had higher self‐reported competence level (p < .001). CONCLUSION: In the studied sample of future nurse professionals, interest in older people nursing is low at a time when the field suffers from workforce shortage. As for quality workforce, it was promising that the students who considered working in the field also evaluated themselves as competent. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: Multidimensional actions are required to promote interest in the field, including continued ... |
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Koskinen, Sanna Burke, Eimear Fatkulina, Natalja Fuster, Pilar Löyttyniemi, Eliisa Salminen, Leena Stubner, Juliane Thorsteinsson, Hrund Scheving Leino‐Kilpi, Helena |
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Graduating nurse students’ interest in older people nursing—A cross‐sectional survey in six European countries |
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