Prestige of disciplines within the field of nursing: a cross-sectional study.

IF 3.9 2区 医学 Q1 HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES Human Resources for Health Pub Date : 2024-11-05 DOI:10.1186/s12960-024-00953-6
Nurit Zusman, Yael Dvori, Julie Benbenishty, Miri Geva, Raya Tashlizky Madar
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Background: Considering the global shortage of nurses, leaders in the field must understand the strengths and weaknesses of various nursing specialties in order to retain professionals within the field. Occupational prestige reflects the perceived contribution of an occupation 'to society', and measures its desirability, benefit and values. Understanding how experienced nurses view the prestige of nursing specialties may help to explain why some specialties are more desirable than others. We conducted a cross-sectional study to examine the prestige of nursing specialties among nurses taking post-graduate in-training courses.

Methods: The study questionnaire examined nurses' perceived prestige of nine nursing specialties, the perceived extent of autonomy and authority, the unique knowledge and clinical skills required for each specialty, and participants' demographic and professional characteristics.

Results: A total of 101 nurses (90% females, mean age 35.4 ± 9.39 years) completed the questionnaire. Intensive care (4.67 ± 0.59) and neonatal intensive care (4.57 ± 0.74) were perceived as having the highest prestige, whereas physical activity consultation (2.67 ± 0.98) and sleep consultation (2.71 ± 0.92) were perceived as having the lowest prestige. These specialties were also perceived as requiring the most and least unique knowledge and clinical skills, respectively. In contrast, authority and autonomy were ranked highest in breastfeeding consultation (4.50 ± 0.81), followed by intensive care (4.10 ± 0.87), while congestive heart failure received the lowest score (3.48 ± 0.84). Principal component analysis showed that higher prestige is attributed to acute care specialties, while chronic care specialties or ones involving consultation have lower prestige.

Conclusions: Nursing specialties with lower scores should be rebranded to encourage nurses to enter these fields.

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护理领域内各学科的声望:一项横断面研究。
背景:考虑到全球护士短缺,该领域的领导者必须了解各护理专业的优缺点,以留住该领域的专业人员。职业声望反映了一种职业 "对社会 "的贡献,并衡量其可取性、效益和价值。了解经验丰富的护士如何看待护理专业的声望可能有助于解释为什么有些专业比其他专业更受欢迎。我们开展了一项横断面研究,以了解参加研究生在职培训课程的护士对护理专业声望的看法:研究问卷调查了护士对九个护理专业的认知声望、对自主性和权威性的认知程度、每个专业所需的独特知识和临床技能以及参与者的人口统计学和专业特征:共有 101 名护士(90% 为女性,平均年龄(35.4 ± 9.39)岁)完成了问卷调查。重症监护(4.67 ± 0.59)和新生儿重症监护(4.57 ± 0.74)被认为具有最高声望,而体育活动咨询(2.67 ± 0.98)和睡眠咨询(2.71 ± 0.92)被认为具有最低声望。这些专业也分别被认为需要最多和最少的独特知识和临床技能。相比之下,母乳喂养咨询(4.50 ± 0.81)、重症监护(4.10 ± 0.87)和充血性心力衰竭(3.48 ± 0.84)的权威性和自主性最高,而充血性心力衰竭的权威性和自主性最低。主成分分析显示,急症护理专科的声望较高,而慢性病护理专科或涉及会诊的专科声望较低:结论:得分较低的护理专业应重新命名,以鼓励护士进入这些领域。
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Human Resources for Health
Human Resources for Health Social Sciences-Public Administration
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期刊介绍: Human Resources for Health is an open access, peer-reviewed, online journal covering all aspects of planning, producing and managing the health workforce - all those who provide health services worldwide. Human Resources for Health aims to disseminate research on health workforce policy, the health labour market, health workforce practice, development of knowledge tools and implementation mechanisms nationally and internationally; as well as specific features of the health workforce, such as the impact of management of health workers" performance and its link with health outcomes. The journal encourages debate on health sector reforms and their link with human resources issues, a hitherto-neglected area.
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