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ReviewBMC family practice2018

Job satisfaction and career intentions of registered nurses in primary health care: an integrative review.

Elizabeth Halcomb, Elizabeth Smyth, Susan McInnes

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Review in BMC family practice, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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51citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 192 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elizabeth HalcombSchool of Nursing, University of Wollongong, Northfields Ave, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia. ehalcomb@uow.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0001-8099-986X
Elizabeth SmythSchool of Nursing, University of Wollongong, Northfields Ave, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia.
Susan McInnesSchool of Nursing, University of Wollongong, Northfields Ave, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia.
University of Wollongong · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere has been a significant growth of the international primary health care (PHC) nursing workforce in recent decades in response to health system reform. However, there has been limited attention paid to strategic workforce growth and evaluation of workforce issues in this setting. Understanding issues like job satisfaction and career intentions are essential to building capacity and skill mix within the workforce. This review sought to explore the literature around job satisfaction and career intentions of registered nurses working in PHC.

methodsAn integrative review was conducted. Electronic databases including: CINAHL, MEDLINE, Scopus and Web of Science, and reference lists of journal publications were searched for peer-reviewed literature published between 2000 and 2016 related to registered nurse job satisfaction and career intentions. Study quality was appraised, before thematic analysis was undertaken to synthesise the findings.

resultsTwenty papers were included in this review. Levels of job satisfaction reported were variable between studies. A range of factors impacted on job satisfaction. Whilst there was agreement on the impact of some factors, there was a lack of consistency between studies on other factors. Four of the six studies which reported career intentions identified that nearly half of their participants intended to leave their current position.

conclusionThis review identifies gaps in our understanding of job satisfaction and career intentions in PHC nurses. With the growth of the PHC nursing workforce internationally, there is a need for robust, longitudinal workforce research to ensure that employment in this setting is satisfying and that skilled nurses are retained.

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Career ChoiceIntentionJob SatisfactionNursesPrimary Health CareCapacity BuildingHealth WorkforceHumansPrimary Care NursingCareer intentionJob satisfactionNursingPrimary health careRetentionWorkforce

Identifiers

PMID30086722
PMCPMC6081816
OpenAlexW2885990249

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