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dc.contributor.authorDuffield, C
dc.contributor.authorO'Brien-Pallas, L
dc.contributor.authorAitken, LM
dc.contributor.editorDorothy Pringle
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:22:32Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:22:32Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.modified2009-12-10T08:50:23Z
dc.identifier.issn1481-9643
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/27326
dc.description.abstractObjective: To determine the influence of skills gained in nursing on the transition to a non-nursing career. Background: Little is known about the impact that nursing skills have on the transition to new careers or about the transferability of nursing skills to professions outside nursing. Method: A postal questionnaire was mailed to respondents who had left nursing. The questionnaire included demographic, nursing education and practice information, reasons for entering and leaving nursing, perceptions of the skills gained in nursing and the ease of adjustment to a new career. Data analysis included exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, Pearson product moment correlations and linear and multiple regression analysis. Results: Skills learned as a nurse that were valuable in acquiring a career outside nursing formed two factors, including "management of self and others" and "knowledge and skills learned," explaining 32% of the variation. The highest educational achievement while working as a nurse, choosing nursing as a "default choice," leaving nursing because of "worklife/homelife balance" and the skills of "management of self and others" and "knowledge and skills" had a significant relationship with difficulty adjusting to a non-nursing work role and, overall, explained 28% of the variation in this difficulty adjusting. Conclusion: General knowledge and skills learned in nursing prove beneficial in adjusting to roles outside nursing.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherLongwoods Publishing Corporation
dc.publisher.placeToronto, Ontario, Canada
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.longwoods.com
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom68
dc.relation.ispartofpageto82
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalCanadian Journal of Nursing Leadership
dc.relation.ispartofvolume18
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4205
dc.titleAre skills learned in nursing transferable to other careers?
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2005
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorAitken, Leanne M.


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