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Abstract
Background
The intensifying global aging population exacerbates the serious shortage of nurses, placing immense pressure on the healthcare system worldwide. Overwhelming workloads, limited career development opportunities, and high turnover rates among nurses compound these challenges. Career aspiration is closely related to individual active work behavior and career orientation, and is significant for stabilizing the nursing team. Identifying different subgroups of career aspiration among intern nursing students and analyzing the influencing factors can provide tailored support and interventions for their career development, contributing to addressing the global nursing shortage and shaping the future of the nursing profession.
Aims
To identify different subgroups of career aspiration among intern nursing students and to analyze the related factors of the different subgroups.
Methods
This secondary analysis relied upon a cross-sectional study conducted in China among 521 nursing students during clinical practice. Latent profile analysis was used to identify subgroups of career aspiration among intern nursing students, and multivariate logistic regression was used to analyze factors influencing their career aspiration. The Career Aspiration Scale, General Demographic Information Questionnaire, and the Nursing Students Clinical Practice Poor Adaptation Scale were utilized as measures.
Results
There were four different subgroups of career aspiration, namely the “Moderate career aspiration type (33.7%)”, “High leadership expectations-low effort type (11.6%)”, “High professional development-low educational aspiration type (28.9%)”, “High aspiration multidimensional leader-scholar type (25.8%)”. School classification and clinical practice poor adaptation were significantly related factors for the four subgroups (all p < 0.05). Female significantly influenced the “high professional development-low educational aspiration type” (p < 0.001). Students' origin, grade point average, and student leadership experience significantly influenced the “high aspiration multidimensional leader-scholar type” (all p < 0.05).
Conclusions
This study has identified four distinct subgroups of career aspiration among Chinese intern nursing students and their influencing factors. These findings demonstrate the heterogeneity within the intern nursing student population, provide an effective supplement with a more in-depth analysis to the previous research and underscore the need for tailored educational approaches in clinical practice. By nurturing nursing students' career aspiration, a stable and competent nursing workforce will be cultivated to meet future healthcare demands and propel the advancement of the nursing profession.
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Nurse Education Today is the leading international journal providing a forum for the publication of high quality original research, review and debate in the discussion of nursing, midwifery and interprofessional health care education, publishing papers which contribute to the advancement of educational theory and pedagogy that support the evidence-based practice for educationalists worldwide. The journal stimulates and values critical scholarly debate on issues that have strategic relevance for leaders of health care education.
The journal publishes the highest quality scholarly contributions reflecting the diversity of people, health and education systems worldwide, by publishing research that employs rigorous methodology as well as by publishing papers that highlight the theoretical underpinnings of education and systems globally. The journal will publish papers that show depth, rigour, originality and high standards of presentation, in particular, work that is original, analytical and constructively critical of both previous work and current initiatives.
Authors are invited to submit original research, systematic and scholarly reviews, and critical papers which will stimulate debate on research, policy, theory or philosophy of nursing and related health care education, and which will meet and develop the journal''s high academic and ethical standards.
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