Why nurses are resigning from rural and remote Queensland health facilities
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Article Title | Why nurses are resigning from rural and remote Queensland health facilities |
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ERA Journal ID | 14073 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Hegney, Desley (Author), McCarthy, Alexandra (Author), Rogers-Clark, Cath (Author) and Gorman, Don (Author) |
Journal Title | Collegian: The Australian Journal of Nursing Practice, Scholarship and Research |
Journal Citation | 9 (2), pp. 33-39 |
Number of Pages | 4 |
Year | 2002 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
ISSN | 1322-7696 |
1876-7575 | |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.rcna.org.au/pages/collegian.php |
Abstract | This paper presents a selection of the results reported in the study 'Factors Influencing the Recruitment and Retention of Rural and Remote Area Nurses in Queensland' (Hegney et al 2001). The main aim of this study was to determine why nurses in those rural and remote areas of Queensland that reported higher than state average turnover rates between February 1999 and May 2000, chose to leave their employment. The study therefore investigated the factors that influenced nurses' decisions to leave rural and remote area practice, the factors that influenced them to remain in practice and those factors nurses considered irrelevant to leaving or staying in rural/remote area nursing. This paper reports those factors the participants believed influenced them to leave rural and remote area nursing in Queensland. While the findings cannot be generalised to the Australian nursing workforce or to nurses not employed by Queensland Health, the study does confirm the findings of previous Australian research and formulates recommendations to assist future nursing workforce planning and policy. |
Keywords | rural nursing; remote area nursing; retention; leaving factors; management |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 440706. Health policy |
420306. Health care administration | |
420599. Nursing not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Centre for Rural and Remote Area Health |
Department of Nursing | |
School of Nursing and Midwifery |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9y581/why-nurses-are-resigning-from-rural-and-remote-queensland-health-facilities
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