Choosing nursing as a career: A narrative analysis of millennial nurses' career choice of virtue

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 305-316

  Price, Sheri Lynn ^a,b   Mcgillis Hall, Linda ^b   Angus, Jan E ^b   Peter, Elizabeth ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Career choice; Millennial generation; Narrative inquiry; Nurse imagery; Nursing recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREER MOBILITY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; MILLENNIAL GENERATION; MOTIVATION; NARRATIVE INQUIRY; NURSE IMAGERY; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING RECRUITMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

CAREER CHOICE; MILLENNIAL GENERATION; NARRATIVE INQUIRY; NURSE IMAGERY; NURSING RECRUITMENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; CAREER CHOICE; CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JOB SATISFACTION; MOTIVATION; NURSING; PERSONNEL SELECTION;

EID: 84887593773     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nin.12027     Document Type: Article

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