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Comparison of student nurses' expectations and newly qualified nurses' experiences regarding clinical practice: A secondary analysis of a cross‐sectional survey
| Title: | Comparison of student nurses' expectations and newly qualified nurses' experiences regarding clinical practice: A secondary analysis of a cross‐sectional survey |
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| Authors: | Andrea Koppitz, Frank Spichiger, Anita Keller‐Senn, Marika Bana, Claudia Huber, Derek Christie, Thomas Bucher, Thomas Volken |
| Source: | J Adv Nurs Journal of advanced nursing, vol. 81, no. 1, pp. 237-248 |
| Publisher Information: | Wiley, 2024. |
| Publication Year: | 2024 |
| Subject Terms: | Adult, Male, Attitude of Health Personnel, Gesundheitswesen, Humans, Cross-Sectional Studies, Students, Nursing/psychology, Students, Nursing/statistics & numerical data, Switzerland, Female, Surveys and Questionnaires, Young Adult, Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate, Job Satisfaction, Clinical Competence, Middle Aged, career, leadership, nursing profession, nursing shortage, secondary analysis, Pflege, Career, Secondary analysis, 4. Education, Ausbildung, 16. Peace & justice, Nursing profession, 610.73: Pflege, 3. Good health, Leadership, Nursing shortage, 8. Economic growth, Students, Nursing, Research Article |
| Description: | AimTo compare student nurses' expectations and newly qualified nurses' experiences regarding clinical practice in Switzerland 1 year after graduation.DesignA secondary explorative analysis of a cross‐sectional survey.MethodsThe data were sourced from the Swiss National Graduate Survey of Health Professionals covering six universities of applied sciences between 2016 and 2019, with information on three cohorts of bachelor student nurses, with a 1‐year follow‐up between each year. The participants were 533 bachelor‐prepared nursing graduates.ResultsThe student nurses' overall expectations included the following top two prioritized aspects: ‘contributing to something important’ and ‘adequate time to spend with patients’. Newly graduated nurses' clinical practice experiences demonstrated that not all expectations were met 1 year after graduation. The largest gaps were found in ‘adequate time to spend with patients’, ‘work–life balance’ and experiencing ‘good management’.ConclusionThe most crucial expectation gaps are related to having sufficient time to spend with patients and a good work–life balance. The most important result is whether there is a shortage of places for nurses to work rather than the oft‐cited shortage of nurses.Implications for the Profession and/or Patient CareThe expectations of Swiss newly qualified nurses can be better met by an assessment in the first year about which individual perceptions of workplace characteristics cause them to make choices to change something about their work, affect their job satisfaction or influence their intention to stay.ImpactFew of the student nurses' expectations were met 1 year after graduation, therefore Swiss healthcare institutions should improve needs assessments to strengthen the nurse workforce starting early in employment. The results underscore the importance of a constructive management culture, such as that in magnet hospitals in the United States which underpins the philosophy of changing in nursing. The results can be used internationally as a benchmark and as a basis for introducing potential interventions for nurse retention.Reporting MethodThis study was reported following the Standardized Reporting of Secondary Data Analyses Checklist.Patient or Public ContributionThere were no patient or public contributions.Trial and Protocol RegistrationThis study has not been registered. |
| Document Type: | Article Other literature type |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1365-2648 0309-2402 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jan.16211 |
| DOI: | 10.21256/zhaw-30698 |
| Access URL: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38712897 https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_45A7B69EAA8F.P001/REF.pdf http://nbn-resolving.org/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_45A7B69EAA8F1 https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_45A7B69EAA8F |
| Rights: | CC BY NC ND URL: http://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/ (http://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. |
| Accession Number: | edsair.doi.dedup.....222a720982857adb63a2efd08ec2c1b5 |
| Database: | OpenAIRE |
| ISSN: | 13652648 03092402 |
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| DOI: | 10.1111/jan.16211 |