Career paths of nursing professionals : a study of employment mobility / Robert D. Hiscott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hiscott, Robert Dennis, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nurses--Employment--Ontario.

Nurses.

Occupational mobility--Ontario.

Occupational mobility.

Nurses--Employment.

Ontario.

Physical Description:

vii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Ottawa : Carleton University Press, [1998]

Summary:

This is the first and only comprehensive labour market study of the largest group of nursing professionals in any one province in Canada. It explores the career paths of more than 1,600 registered nurses and registered practical nurses, using survey data collected in 1992-93, just as these front line caregivers faced the sea change wrought by governmental restructuring in Ontario hospitals. A "snapshot" of key labour force and market issues in the nursing field, the study provides important baseline data from which the impact of present and future public policy trends and changes can be monitored, reviewed, and researched. The dimensions studied here include recent demographic shifts, the various forms of employment mobility, level of voluntarism, career interruption, and nurses' reasons for leaving the field.

Contents:

I Nursing Employment: Key Concepts and Framework 1

Nursing as a Profession 3

Recent Labour-Market Conditions 6

Future Demand for Nursing Professionals 14

Problems Faced by the Nursing Profession 17

Job Dissatisfaction 17

Job Turnover 19

Employment Mobility of Nursing Professionals 22

Position Type or Job Title 24

Employment Status 26

Employment Place or Setting 28

Primary Responsibility or Specialty Area 30

II A Statistical Portrait of Nursing Professionals and Their Jobs 33

The Socio-Demographic Profile 34

Gender and Age Distributions 35

Marital Status and Children 38

Formal Education: Past, Present, and Future 40

The Job Profile 43

Total Number of Jobs Held 44

Time Period of Jobs 45

Geographic Location of Jobs 46

Key Employment Attributes 47

Position Type or Job Title 49

Employment Status of Jobs 51

Employment Place or Setting 52

Primary Responsibility or Specialty Area 55

The Move Away from Modal Employment Categories 57

Working-Time Arrangements 60

External and Internal Mobility 66

Job-Based Internal Employment Mobility 71

Internal Employment Mobility and Job Duration 75

Survival Functions for Job Duration 77

IV Reasons for Leaving Jobs 81

Reasons for Leaving Jobs by Age 86

Reasons for Leaving Jobs by Employment Characteristics 90

Reasons Cited Over Employment Careers 94

V Vertical Mobility: Changes in Occupational Status 99

Position-Type Mobility 100

Position-Type Mobility by Cited Reasons for Leaving Prior Job 106

Employment in Management Positions by Career Year 107

Occupational-Status Changes by Employment-Place Changes 110

Position-Type Career Profiles 114

VI Other Modes of External Mobility 117

Employment-Status Mobility 117

Employment-Place Mobility 121

Primary-Responsibility Mobility 128

Geographic Mobility 133

VII Career Interruptions / Unemployment Spells 137

Career Durations and Interruptions 138

Duration of Unemployment by Reasons for Leaving Prior Job 143

Duration of Unemployment by Employment Mobility Between Jobs 148

Role-Exit Process Leading to Current Career Interruptions 155

VIII Leaving the Nursing Field: Role-Exit Experiences 159

Profile of Role-Exit Behaviour 160

Role-Exit Behaviour by Career Stage 164

Role-Exit Behaviour Across Job Transitions 165

Role-Exit Behaviour by Reasons for Leaving Prior Jobs 167

Role-Exit Behaviour by Working-Time Arrangements 170

The Future Intentions of Nursing Professionals 173

IX Conclusions and Implications 177

Labour Market Realities for Registered Nurses and Practical Nurses 178

Empirical Findings on Employment Mobility 183

Other Employment Mobility-Related Issues 190

Appendix Survey Research Methodology 199

Stratified Sample Design 199

Active Nursing Professionals 200

Transients 200

Dual Professionals 201

True Outsiders 201

Sampling Frame 202

Survey Research Execution 204

Limitations of Retrospective Survey Research Design 206

Potential Uses of Survey Data 207

Telephone Survey Interview Protocol 208

Employment History 210

Last Employment Positions: Unemployed Nursing Professionals 214

Current Employment Position: Employed Nursing Professionals 215.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-227).

ISBN:

0886293421

OCLC:

39663459