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| Title |
Exploring factors affecting registered nurses' pursuit of postgraduate education in Australia
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Nursing & Health Sciences, May 2016
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| DOI | 10.1111/nhs.12289 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Linda Ng, Robert Eley, Anthony Tuckett |
| Abstract |
The aim of this study was to explore the factors influencing registered nurses' pursuit of postgraduate education in specialty nursing practice in Australia. Despite the increased requirement for postgraduate education for advanced practice, little has been reported on the contributory factors involved in the decision to undertake further education. The Nurses' Attitudes Towards Postgraduate Education instrument was administered to 1632 registered nurses from the Nurses and Midwives e-Cohort Study across Australia, with a response rate of 35.9% (n = 568). Data reduction techniques using principal component analysis with varimax rotation were used. The analysis identified a three-factor solution for 14 items, accounting for 52.5% of the variance of the scale: "facilitators," "professional recognition," and "inhibiting factors." Facilitators of postgraduate education accounted for 28.5% of the variance, including: (i) improves knowledge; (ii) increases nurses' confidence in clinical decision-making; (iii) enhances nurses' careers; (iv) improves critical thinking; (v) improves nurses' clinical skill; and (vi) increased job satisfaction. This new instrument has potential clinical and research applications to support registered nurses' pursuit of postgraduate education. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 60 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 60 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 9 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 8% |
| Lecturer | 5 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 15 | 25% |
| Unknown | 18 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 22 | 37% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 17% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 5% |
| Linguistics | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 20 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. 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 20 May 2016.
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