In the context of on-going shortages of nurses this paper looks at factors shaping the
decision to enter nursing as a career. Evidence from three different Australian sources is …

Understanding who enters nursing schools and why they choose nursing is essential for the
nursing profession to recruit and retain their successors. This study was conducted to …

BACKGROUND: Concepts such as the theory–practice gap and reality shock call attention
to the challenges nurses experience in their professional lives. These challenges seem to …

Background While many people find starting a new job stressful, the transition from student
to newly qualified nurse comes with additional pressures, as being unprepared could harm …

This study investigates neophyte student nurses' attitudes to working with the elderly through
placing them in relation to attitudes to other nursing career options and by exploring student …

Aim. This paper is a report of a study exploring what 'being a good nurse'means by following
nursing students during their pre‐registration education and for some years after graduation …

Background: The challenge posed by the worldwide nursing shortage is significant not only
for workforce and facility planners, but also for those who educate nurses for practice and …

Background Students' conceptualizations of nursing and their reasons for choosing the
profession motivate them and affect their education, work performance and career plans …

Background. The move to one level of qualified nurse in the United Kingdom (UK) is, in part,
a consequence of professionalizing strategies. Registered nurses now undertake technical …

Background. Gendered views of nursing remain widespread. This study explores how such
views may influence student nurses' career aspirations. Method. A group of preregistration …