- Title
- The rural nursing workforce hierarchy of needs : decision-making concerning future rural healthcare employment
- Creator
- Terry, Daniel; Peck, Blake; Baker, Ed; Schmitz, David
- Date
- 2021
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/180257
- Identifier
- vital:15749
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9091232
- Identifier
- ISBN:2227-9032 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Addressing nursing shortages in rural areas remains essential, and attracting nursing graduates is one solution. However, understanding what factors are most important or prioritized among nursing students contemplating rural employment remains essential. The study sought to understand nursing student decision-making and what aspects of a rural career need to be satisfied before other factors are then considered. A cross-sectional study over three years at an Australian university was conducted. All nursing students were invited to complete a Nursing Community Apgar Questionnaire to examine their rural practice intentions. Data were analyzed using principal component analysis, and mean scores for each component were calculated and ranked. Overall, six components encompassed a total of 35 items that students felt were important to undertake rural practice after graduating. Clinical related factors were ranked the highest, followed by managerial, practical, fiscal, familial, and geographical factors. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs provided a lens to examine nursing student decision-making and guided the development of the Rural Nursing Workforce Hierarchy of Needs model. Each element of the model grouped key factors that students considered to be important in order to undertake rural employment. In culmination, these factors provide a conceptual model of the hierarchy of needs that must be met in order to contemplate a rural career. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Relation
- Healthcare (Switzerland) Vol. 9, no. 9 (2021), p.
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Rights
- Copyright © 2021 by the authors.
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 1117 Public Health and Health Services; Community Apgar; Decision-making; Employment; Nursing; Nursing student; Rural; Students; Workforce
- Full Text
- Reviewed
- Funder
- This research has been supported by the Australian Government through the School Health at Federation University Australia. We also acknowledge the research assistance provided by the Center for Health Policy, Boise State University, Boise, ID, USA.
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