Health human resource and workforce planning is a global
priority. Given the critical nursing shortage, and the fact that nurses
are the largest group of healthcare providers, health workforce planning
must focus on strategies to enhance both recruitment and retention of
nurses. Understanding early socialization to career choice can provide
insight into professional perceptions and expectations that have
implications for recruitment, retention and interprofessional
collaboration.
In a newly published paper by Sheri Price and colleagues, these authors used Polkinghorne’s theory of narrative emplotment to understand the career
choice experiences of 12 millennial nurses (born between 1980 and 2000)
in Eastern Canada.
Participants were interviewed twice, face-to-face, 4
to 6 weeks apart prior to commencing their nursing program. The narratives present career choice as a complex consideration of
social positioning. The findings provide insight into how nursing is
perceived to be positioned in relation to medicine and how the
participants struggled to locate themselves within this social
hierarchy.
The authors state that the implications of this research highlight the need to ensure
that recruitment messaging and organizational policies promote
interprofessional collaboration from the onset of choosing a career in the health professions. Early professional socialization strategies
during recruitment and education can enhance future collaboration
between the health professions.
Read More at: http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/13561820.2013.816660
Read More at: http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/13561820.2013.816660
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