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Original article:
Zohreh Badiyepeyma1, Mohsen Hojjat2, Nehle Parandavar3, Somaye Ramezanli4, Leili Mosalanejad5,*
Affiliation:-
1M.Sc. in Nursing, Nursing Department , School of Nursing, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran
2Nursing Phd Students, Nursing Department, School of Nursing, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran
3M.Sc. in maternity, Nursing Department, School of Nursing, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran
4M.Sc. in nursing, lecturer, Nursing Department, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran
5Assistant professor in mental health, Mental Health Department, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran
*To whom it corresponds:-
Leili mosalanejad.
Mental Health Department, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Motahari Street, Jahrom, Iran. Postal code-74148, Jahrom, Iran
Contact number: 09177920813.
Abstract
Introduction: In spite of the major role of nursing profession in improvement of the society’s health status, this profession is not sufficiently attractive. Thus, a large number of nursing students quit their profession while studying or after graduation
Methods: The present descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 118 senior nursing students in Shiraz and Jahrom universities in 2011-2012. The study data were collected using a questionnaire which consisted of demographic information, nurse self-concept questionnaire, and nurse retention inventory.
Results: The nursing students’ professional self-concept and job retention scores were 5.25+1.21 and 4.76+1.49, respectively. Pearson correlation coefficient revealed a significant correlation between the professional self-concept as well as its dimensions and the students’ decision for job retention.
Conclusion: Education specialists and programmers should pay special attention to the factors increasing the professional self-concept, increase the efficiency of the consultation system, and perform educational programs while education in order to increase the students’ professional self-concept and encourage them to retain their profession.
Keywords: Nursing students’; job retention.
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Source of support: None
Competing interest / Conflict of interest
The author(s) have no competing interests for financial support, publication of this research, patents and royalties through this collaborative research. All authors were equally involved in discussed research work. There is no financial conflict with the subject matter discussed in the manuscript.
Article citation:
Zohreh Badiyepeyma, Mohsen Hojjat, Nehle Parandavar, Somaye Ramezanli, Leili Mosalanejad. The relationship between professional self-concept and nursing students’ decision for job retention. J Pharm Biomed Sci 2014; 04(02): 156-161. Available at www.jpbms.info.
Copyright © 2014 Bahar Zohreh Badiyepeyma, Mohsen Hojjat, Nehle Parandavar, Somaye Ramezanli, Leili Mosalanejad. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Original article:
Zohreh Badiyepeyma1, Leili Mosalanejad2,*, Fatemeh Ghavi3, Nehle Parandavar3
Affiliation:-
1Nursing Department, Faculty member, School of Nursing, Research Center for Health Determinants of Health, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran
2Mental health Department, Research Center for social Determinants of Health, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran
3Maternity Department , School of Nursing, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Research Center for social Determinants of Health, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom ,Iran
*To whom it corresponds:-
Leili mosalanejad.
Mental Health Department, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran
09177920813
Abstract
Professionalization has a considerable impact on the nurses’ professional performance. The present study aimed to determine the effective factors in gaining professional nursing competencies in 2012.
The present descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted on 147 nurses working in the hospitals affiliated to Jahrom University of Medical Sciences through convenience sampling. The data were collected using valid and reliable researcher-made questionnaire in 5 individual, organizational, clinical, instructor, and in-service training domains. According to the study nurses, the effective factors in individual (23.68+3.53) and organizational (22.39+3.54) domains played more important roles compared to other domains. Moreover, the most important effective factors addressed in 5 domains. The nursing managers are recommended to provide the ground for creating motivation and interest in nurses and support them psychologically in order to help them gain professional competencies.
Keywords: Professional competencies; Nurses.
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Article citation:
Zohreh Badiyepeyma, Leili Mosalanejad,Fatemeh Ghavi,Nehle Parandava. A comprehensive analysis of the effective factors in gaining professional competencies from the nurses’ viewpoints. J Pharm Biomed Sci 2014; 04(02): 148-155. Available at www.jpbms.info.
Source of support: None
Competing interest / Conflict of interest
The author(s) have no competing interests for financial support, publication of this research, patents and royalties through this collaborative research. All authors were equally involved in discussed research work. There is no financial conflict with the subject matter discussed in the manuscript.
Copyright © 2014. Zohreh Badiyepeyma, Leili Mosalanejad, Fatemeh Ghavi, Nehle Parandavar. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.