Predictors of female registered nurses' interest in enrolling in master's programs of nursing graduate schools in Japan

Autor: Taeko Toyoda, Noriko Hagi, Keiko Kono, Yasushi Kudo, Yasuko Toyoshima
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Journal of Rural Medicine : JRM
ISSN: 1880-487X
Popis: Objective: Enrollment in graduate schools presents a useful opportunity for registered nurses to enhance their expertise in their nursing field and gain better opportunities to achieve their desired career advancements. This study investigates the predictors associated with registered nurses' interest in enrolling in master's programs of nursing graduate schools. Materials and Methods: For the predictors associated with interest in enrolling in master's programs of nursing science, we evaluated items related to registered nurses' perceptions of their work environments and their impressions regarding master's programs in nursing. The analyzed subjects were 3,611 female registered nurses working in 30 hospitals in Mie prefecture, Japan. Multiple linear regression analyses were conducted to investigate registered nurses' predictors of interest in enrolling in master's programs of nursing graduate schools. We included the variables with Variance Inflation Factor (VIF) less than (
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