Abstract
The purpose of this study was to elicit graduating undergraduate nursing students’ perceived value of the work environment in aged care. Applying a cross sectional design, an electronic questionnaire was sent to 625 graduating undergraduate nursing students from three schools of nursing in Jiangsu Province, China. A discrete choice experiment questionnaire with eight choice-set questions was performed. In total, 267 nursing students (42.7%) responded to the questionnaire. We found that nursing students valued excellent working conditions the highest (OR = 3.632 [2.846~4.635]), followed by adequate formal professional development activities (OR = 2.252 [1.907~2.660]), good/excellent safety management (OR = 2.214 [1.828~2.682])/ (OR = 2.202 [1.758~2.759]), and 10% higher earnings (OR = 1.615 [1.360~1.919]). Based on these findings, the study provided information to improve the recruitment of nursing students to work with older adults. Findings suggest that students may be 44.07~73.41% more likely to choose working with older people when valued job characteristics are present.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 94-98 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Geriatric Nursing |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2021 |
Keywords
- Career choice
- Discrete choice experiment
- Geriatric nursing
- Job preferences
- Nursing students
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Gerontology