Motivations to nurse: An exploration of what motivates students in Pacific Island countries to enter nursing

Usher, Kim; West, Caryn; MacManus, Michael; Waqa, Silina; Stewart, Lee; Henry, Renee; Lindsay, David; Conaglen, Jo; Hall, Julianne; McAuliffe, Marie; Redman-MacLaren, Michelle

doi:10.1111/ijn.12095

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“…The positive attitudes of the nurses towards nursing care may have several possible explanations. Perceived core values that are attached to the profession of nursing act as resources that help nurses achieve moral competence and adherence to their intrinsic work-related values, and this may enable nurses to enjoy their work and be more satisfied, 8,[29][30][31] despite challenges, such as limited resources, high workload, and low salaries. The study revealed a significant difference in attitude between nurses who had held their current positions for less than 4 years and those who had held their posts for longer periods.…”

Section: Nurses' Attitudesmentioning

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Job satisfaction and attitudes towards nursing care among nurses working at Mzuzu Central Hospital in Mzuzu, Malawi

Nyirenda¹,

Katowa-Mukwato²

2017

Mal. Med. J

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IntroductionNurses work at the frontlines of most healthcare systems, and their contributions are recognised as essential in delivering effective patient care.1 Providing quality nursing care is therefore an important consideration when discussing patient care standards. Nurses who are satisfied with their work and with the conditions under which care is provided are more likely to provide quality care that satisfies the patient. Literature has shown that job dissatisfaction leads nurses to have negative attitudes towards their work, which negatively affects the quality of care they provide. Nurses' job satisfaction is defined as the degree to which nurses like or enjoy the work they do.3 Job satisfaction is important in healthcare organisations because it is an indicator of the physical and psychological states of employees. 4 The attitude that a nurse holds towards patients and their state of ill health strongly determines the quality and extent of the emotional, physical, and psychological help that patients receive from that nurse. 5 Attitude is an evaluative disposition; a tendency to like or dislike, or to act favourably or unfavourably towards someone or something, which might have an impact on the way someone behaves towards that person or object. 6,7 It is established that optimal and compassionate nursing care is negatively affected by critical shortages of staff, heavy workload, low salaries, lack of support and respect from managers, inter-staff conflict, and poor quality of equipment and materials, among other factors.8-12 Such challenges may predispose nurses to negative attitudes and unprofessional conduct. The public opinion of nurses and their abilityOriginal Research Job satisfaction and attitudes towards nursing care among nurses working at Mzuzu Central Hospital in Mzuzu, Malawi to provide safe, quality, and compassionate care has been affected by such unprofessional conduct, incidences of which have subsequently become the subjects of media headlines. 13 Newspapers from Malawi and elsewhere in subSaharan Africa have reported about nurses' negative attitudes, negligence, and malpractice.14-18 Furthermore, a content analysis of South African newspapers found that there were few articles that portrayed the image of nursing as a caring, compassionate, and knowledgeable profession, while many articles indicated that nurses were overworked, uncaring, lazy, and suffering from burnout, with a general portrayal of negative attitude.19 Studies conducted in Malawi have reported that negative attitudes among nurses are sometimes manifested by rudeness and scolding of patients. 8,20,21 Such behaviours are associated with job dissatisfaction among nurses. 22-24Patient and public complaints about the quality of nursing care in Malawi may be related to negative attitudes among nurses who are dissatisfied with their jobs. This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between nurses' job satisfaction and attitudes towards nursing care at Mzuzu Central Hospital in Malawi. Methods Study design and se...

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Section: Nurses' Attitudesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Job satisfaction and attitudes towards nursing care among nurses working at Mzuzu Central Hospital in Mzuzu, Malawi

Nyirenda¹,

Katowa-Mukwato²

2017

Mal. Med. J

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“…Although novice nurses start working with a passion for the profession because of their motivation to help other people (Glearean, Hupli, Talman, & Haavisto, ; Usher et al, ), experiences in the first year may have a significant impact on their future career plans and professional commitment (Brown, Hochstetler, Rode, Abraham, & Gillum, ). Starting in clinical practice, nurses are confronted with many stressful and dissatisfying situations (Laschinger, Leiter, Day, & Gilin, ; Liang, Lin, & Wu, ) due to a heavy workload, patients with complex care demands (comorbidity) and conflicting job demands (cognitively or physically overburdened).…”

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Turnover prevention: The direct and indirect association between organizational job stressors, negative emotions and professional commitment in novice nurses

Hoeve

Brouwer

Kunnen

2019

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Aims Getting insight in the most crucial organizational job stressors for novice nurses' professional commitment and whether the job stressors are mediated through negative emotions. Design The study used an observational cohort design. Methods Organizational job stressors were derived from 580 diary entries by 18 novice nurses combined with measures on emotions and commitment. The diaries were collected from September 2013–September 2014. Results Path modelling revealed that lack of support from colleagues, negative experiences with patients and confrontations with existential events were most strongly negatively related to professional commitment through negative emotions. Other indirectly and negatively related organizational job stressors to commitment were complexity of care, lack of control and work‐life imbalance; only conflicting job demands, and lack of control related to professional commitment directly. Conclusion(s) To enhance professional commitment, it is important to reduce negative emotions in novice nurses by collegial support in dealing with negative experiences with patients, complexity of care and existential events and to prevent lack of control and an imbalance between private life and work. Nurse supervisors and managers can encourage nurses to share negative patient experiences, issues related to complexity of care and existential events. Impact Considering the worldwide nursing shortage and early turnover, more understanding is needed about how negative emotions mediate the relationship between organizational negative job stressors and professional commitment and the relative impact of organizational job stressors to professional commitment. The study stresses the importance of a supportive role of supervisors and nurse managers to improve the work environment and hence increase novice nurses' commitment and retention.

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“…Reasons for becoming a nurse are a subject of interest for researchers, who apply both quantitative and qualitative approaches when studying them. The desire to help or care for others is reported by researchers in many countries [ 10 – 15 ]. Other reasons for becoming a nurse are the availability of training close to home, pure chance, recommendation from family and friends, and not being able to get into any other study program [ 12 ].…”

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Choice and perception of the nursing profession from the perspective of Polish nursing students: a focus group study

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BackgroundAlthough previous quantitative studies provide important information on the factors which influence the choice of nursing as a career, qualitative analysis makes it possible to study the subject more thoroughly. The purpose of this study was to conduct an in-depth analysis of the reasons why Polish students choose nursing as a profession and their later perception of the job based on experiences acquired during the nursing course.MethodsA qualitative descriptive study was designed. We organized 8 focus group discussions with third-year nursing students. A total of 76 students participated in the study.ResultsSeveral reasons why students had chosen the nursing profession were identified: desire to help others, family tradition, desire to work abroad, failure to get into another course, pure chance, and low admission requirements (relative to medical studies). The participants’ views of the nursing profession were based on their own personal experiences or observations of nurses at work. Often these observations were superficial, concerning only selected fragments of nursing work. The participants also identified reasons for there being low regard for the nursing profession.ConclusionThe decision about choosing nursing is mainly determined by practical aspects, e.g., the opportunity for employment. Although young people are aware of the low prestige of the nursing profession in Poland, they believe it is possible to improve its image and enhance its prestige.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12909-016-0765-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Motivations to nurse: An exploration of what motivates students in Pacific Island countries to enter nursing

Cited by 17 publications

References 19 publications

Job satisfaction and attitudes towards nursing care among nurses working at Mzuzu Central Hospital in Mzuzu, Malawi

Job satisfaction and attitudes towards nursing care among nurses working at Mzuzu Central Hospital in Mzuzu, Malawi

Turnover prevention: The direct and indirect association between organizational job stressors, negative emotions and professional commitment in novice nurses

Choice and perception of the nursing profession from the perspective of Polish nursing students: a focus group study

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