Research Update

Hi All,

I have spent the past week trying to find something that aligned with what we discussed at IHOP. Many emails and phone calls went out to authors without much success of return communications. However, I think I may have found what I could fit into what I would like to do.

Quick Review of what I want to show
- Average length of time for new graduates to find first job
- is the first job in an area they desired or first job offered related to intent to stay
- Career goals
- Life changing events

I would like to show how extended unemployment affects the above categories. I am struggling to find an appropriate tool in outside or nursing. The turnover tool that does exist is simply 1 question.

Narrowing down the subject to "turnover intent" might best fit with would I would like my research to show. Yes the idea has been done before in recent literature, but i found very little about turn over intent related to the current economic down turn. Yet, in my facility alone, we are losing recent new hires who all went through the Versant program designed to keep them at the facility.

I pasted the link to an article that might serve as a template to replicate. I am still digesting all of the survey instruments and methodology. However, I want to quickly point out that the study was limited to pediatric nurses. In my experience Peds nurses want to be Peds nurses and have limited opportunities for employment. Expanding this study to new graduates at the starting gates of their careers will help to offer insight for both nurse educators and administrators as to current new graduate behaviors.

Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated... (on the blog)


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2440489/

ps. I am trying to arrange a phone call with the authors of rnworkproject.org.I will let you know how that goes as they are doing similar research but aren't too willing to open up the books.