Origins, characteristics and destination of nursing students in South West England.
Demand
Modelling
Nursing
Nursing students
Supply
Workforce
Journal
BMC nursing
ISSN: 1472-6955
Titre abrégé: BMC Nurs
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101088683
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
18 Mar 2023
18 Mar 2023
Historique:
received:
20
12
2021
accepted:
15
02
2023
entrez:
19
3
2023
pubmed:
20
3
2023
medline:
20
3
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Worldwide there are concerns about the supply of nurses into health systems. Understanding and balancing the supply of and demand for healthcare professionals is crucial to efficient healthcare delivery, yet there is relatively little research that examines in detail where nursing students come from and where they go after qualification. To investigate the demographic characteristics of applicants to nursing and midwifery programmes in England, those that are enrolled, attrition during study, and their career intentions on graduation. A descriptive case study was conducted in south west England drawing on a complementary set of analyses of routinely collected application and enrolment data from 2017-2020. These were augmented by derivation of student deprivation indices and a follow-up study of nursing and midwifery students qualifying between May 2020 and April 2021. The percentage of males applying for nursing doubled and the mean age of all enrolled students (except midwifery) increased during the study period. The mean level of deprivation of applicants increased from the 51 The data provide useful information on the nursing educational pipeline. The data discussed here raise questions that would benefit from further regional and national empirical research.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Worldwide there are concerns about the supply of nurses into health systems. Understanding and balancing the supply of and demand for healthcare professionals is crucial to efficient healthcare delivery, yet there is relatively little research that examines in detail where nursing students come from and where they go after qualification.
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the demographic characteristics of applicants to nursing and midwifery programmes in England, those that are enrolled, attrition during study, and their career intentions on graduation.
METHODS
METHODS
A descriptive case study was conducted in south west England drawing on a complementary set of analyses of routinely collected application and enrolment data from 2017-2020. These were augmented by derivation of student deprivation indices and a follow-up study of nursing and midwifery students qualifying between May 2020 and April 2021.
RESULTS
RESULTS
The percentage of males applying for nursing doubled and the mean age of all enrolled students (except midwifery) increased during the study period. The mean level of deprivation of applicants increased from the 51
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
The data provide useful information on the nursing educational pipeline. The data discussed here raise questions that would benefit from further regional and national empirical research.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36934267
doi: 10.1186/s12912-023-01210-2
pii: 10.1186/s12912-023-01210-2
pmc: PMC10024431
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
71Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Author(s).
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