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| Title |
Why did I become a nurse? Personality traits and reasons for entering nursing
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Advanced Nursing, February 2012
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| DOI | 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.05955.x |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Diann Eley, Rob Eley, Marisa Bertello, Cath Rogers‐Clark |
| Abstract |
This article is a report of a mixed method study of the association between personality traits of nurses and their reasons for entering nursing. Background. The worldwide nursing shortage prompts research into better understanding of why individuals enter nursing and may assist in exploring ways to increase their recruitment and long term retention. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 16 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 19% |
| Australia | 2 | 13% |
| Canada | 2 | 13% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 6% |
| Spain | 1 | 6% |
| United States | 1 | 6% |
| Philippines | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 5 | 31% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 50% |
| Scientists | 4 | 25% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 13% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 181 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 2% |
| United States | 2 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 174 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 33 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 21 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 8% |
| Researcher | 14 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 8% |
| Other | 42 | 23% |
| Unknown | 42 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 37 | 20% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 29 | 16% |
| Psychology | 27 | 15% |
| Social Sciences | 15 | 8% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 9 | 5% |
| Other | 18 | 10% |
| Unknown | 46 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 June 2012.
All research outputs
#3,132,543
of 24,712,008 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Advanced Nursing
#1,409
of 5,518 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#18,635
of 160,755 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Advanced Nursing
#6
of 73 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 24,712,008 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 87th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 5,518 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 12.6. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 74% of its peers.
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