1. Satisfaction with nursing clinical placements in the Northern Territory and work intentions post-graduation.
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CAMPBELL, NARELLE, ANDERSON, JESSIE, PETROVIC, ERICA, MOORE, LEIGH, FARTHING, ANNIE, WITT, SUSAN, LENTHALL, SUE, LYONS, CHLOE, and RISSEL, CHRIS
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WORK environment , *EVALUATION of medical care , *STATISTICS , *STATISTICAL significance , *RURAL health services , *RURAL conditions , *CROSS-sectional method , *RESEARCH methodology , *SATISFACTION , *ACQUISITION of data , *INTERNSHIP programs , *GRADUATES , *LABOR supply , *PRIMARY health care , *STUDENTS , *MEDICAL records , *CHI-squared test , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *NURSING students , *TELECOMMUTING , *LOGISTIC regression analysis , *ODDS ratio , *STUDENT attitudes , *CLINICAL education - Abstract
Objective: The aims of this study are to assess nursing student satisfaction with their Northern Territory clinical placement; describe the characteristics of these students; and examine the relationship between student placements and future rural/remote work intentions. Background: Positive clinical placement experiences in a rural or remote setting can encourage student nurses to consider working in rural and remote locations after graduation. Study design and methods: The study is a cross-sectional survey of nursing students, and a review of placement data. Participants were studying a pre-registration Bachelor of Nursing course from a variety of Australian universities who undertook a clinical placement of usually four or more weeks in the Northern Territory from 2017-2019. The main outcome measures are overall satisfaction with their placement, and consideration of living and working in a rural or remote location after graduating. Logistic regression analyses examined the relationship between student placements and future rural or remote work intentions. Results: One hundred and sixty three undergraduate nursing students responded to the online survey. The majority (70%) of placements were undertaken in remote or very remote (18%) locations. Satisfaction with the placement was very high (94%), and 88% agreed/strongly agreed that the placement had encouraged them to consider working in a rural or remote setting. Satisfaction with educational resources and prior interest in working remotely were associated with overall placement satisfaction (p<0.10). Overall satisfaction with the placement and prior consideration of working regionally, rurally, or remotely were significantly associated with feeling encouraged to consider working rurally or remotely (p<0.05). Conclusion: This study supported the logical pathway of providing a satisfying clinical nursing placement in the Northern Territory to contribute to a higher likelihood of the student considering working in a remote or rural setting after graduation. Providing satisfying remote clinical placements is a strategy for growing a nursing workforce for remote and rural settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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