Nursings students’ attitudes towards rural nursing practice
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Rodgers, Sheila
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Haycock-Stuart, Elaine
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Tao, Yuexian
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University of Edinburgh
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Hangzhou Normal University
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2015-01-07T11:46:09Z
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2015-01-07T11:46:09Z
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2014-07-01
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BACKGROUND:
Nursing shortage is a worldwide phenomenon; in rural areas, this
shortage is exacerbated by geographical imbalances. Reducing the inequality of
health outcomes between rural and urban areas requires improvement in the rural
nursing workforce. Thus far, little research has been conducted on the recruitment of
nursing students to rural nursing in China.
AIM:
This study aimed to explore nursing students’ perspectives of rural nursing
practice and their intentions to work rurally after graduation, and to identify factors
contributing to those intentions.
METHODS:
Exploratory interviews were conducted with eleven nursing students to
obtain their perspectives of rural nursing practice. This was followed by a hand
distributed and collected self-completion questionnaire survey that involved 445 final
year nursing students in six nursing schools in one province in China. The
questionnaire measured students’ rural career intentions and their perceptions of rural
nursing practice. The survey data were collected between December 2011 and March
2012. The response rate for the questionnaire survey was 89%.
RESULTS:
The results indicated that the majority of final year nursing students did not
intend to work rurally. The most frequently cited barriers deterring them from
considering a rural job were the perceived fewer opportunities for skills development
and learning, potentially lower financial rewards, and family members’ disapproval
of rural working. Regression analysis showed that the length of time living rurally
and educational level were the most important predictors of nursing students’
intentions to take a rural job immediately following graduation. The logistic
regression illustrated that rural identification, degree, and rural placement
experiences were significant predictors for nursing students’ intentions to work
rurally in their future nursing career.
CONCLUSION:
Nursing students with high intentions to work rurally were rare in
China. Rural background had a positive impact on students’ intentions to work
rurally. Students with a degree were less likely to work rurally.
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http://hdl.handle.net/1842/9827
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The University of Edinburgh
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rural nursing
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health human resource
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nursing student
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Nursings students’ attitudes towards rural nursing practice
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Thesis or Dissertation
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Doctoral
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PhD Doctor of Philosophy
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