Australian Bulletin of Labour articles from December 2005

Australian Bulletin of Labour archives from December 2005

Choosing to be a nurse, remaining a nurse and leaving nursing in Western Australia: nursing workforce issues in the twenty-first century.
December 1, 2005... Abstract The paper provides an introduction to a set of papers reporting on a research program in Western Australia designed to address issues relating to the choice to train for and become a nurse and aspects of the nursing experience...

Registered Nurses: who are they and what do they want?
December 1, 2005... Abstract Using 1981 and 2001 Census data together with primary data from a 2002 survey of Registered Nurses (RNs) in Western Australia, this paper profiles the nurse workforce. Amongst other things the paper reports on a high level of pay...

Who'd be a nurse? Some evidence on career choice in Australia.
December 1, 2005... Abstract: In the context of on-going shortages of nurses this paper looks at factors shaping the decision to enter nursing as a career. Evidence from three different Australian sources is drawn upon." a national panel survey of young...

Nursing careers: what motivated nurses to choose their profession?
December 1, 2005... Abstract This paper considers self-reported reasons for choosing to be a nurse and intentions related to remaining in the profession, The data are drawn from a survey of Western Australian Registered Nurses which was part of a broader...

Nurses' voices.(practice and professionalism)
December 1, 2005... Abstract In this paper we analyse aspects of the qualitative data from open-ended questions included in the RN Survey 2002. We discuss the changes wrought by New Public Management (NPM) in the Australian and WA health sectors. We argue...

Increasing retention of nursing staff at hospitals: aspects of management and leadership *.
December 1, 2005... Abstract In a previous study by Naude and McCabe, the factors that motivate nurses to remain working in a specific hospital were explored and described. From that research it was evident that there are factors related to leadership,...