Research article summary (published 30 Aug 2006):

Designing career development programs through understanding of nurses' career needs.

Full Abstract

A nurse's career can be divided into the exploration, establishment, maintenance, and disengagement stages. Because nurses have varied career needs at different career stages, this article uses literature review and in-depth interviews with nurses to understand the features of career stages. The authors detail nurses' career needs in different stages and infer appropriate career development programs in the hospital system.

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Author information

Author/s: Chang, Pao-Long (PL); Chou, Ying-Chyi (YC); Cheng, Fei-Chun (FC);

Affiliation: Department of Business Administration, FengChia University, Taichung, Taiwan. plchang@fcu.edu.tw

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Journal for nurses in staff development : JNSD : official journal of the National Nursing Staff Development Organization (J Nurses Staff Dev), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2006 Sep-Oct; vol 22 (issue 5) : pp 246-53

Dates: Created 2006/10/04; Completed 2006/12/08;

PMID: 17019281, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

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Age Factors Attitude of Health Personnel Career Mobility Clinical Competence Education, Nursing, Continuing - organization & administration Family - psychology Female Gender Identity Goals Humans Job Satisfaction

Job Satisfaction Needs Assessment - organization & administration Nursing Education Research Nursing Methodology Research Nursing Staff, Hospital - education; psychology Planning Techniques Program Development - methods Questionnaires Staff Development - organization & administration Taiwan Women, Working - education; psychology

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