The impact of safety and quality of health care on Chinese nursing career decision-making

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 423-432

  Zhu, Junhong ^a   Rodgers, Sheila ^b   Melia, Kath M ^b  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Nursing; Quality; Safety; Voluntary leaving; Work value

Indexed keywords

CHINA; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

CAREER CHOICE; CHINA; HUMANS; NURSES; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84899939960     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jonm.12140     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Aiken L.H. & Cheung R. (2008) Nursing Workforce Challenges in the United Sates: Implications for Policy. DELSA/ELSA/WP2/HEA (2008) 2. OECD Health Working Paper, No. 35. Head of Publications Service, OECD, Paris.
2. Aiken L.H., Clarke S.P., Sloane D.M. et al. (2001) Nurses' reports on hospital health care in five countries. Health Affairs 20 (3), 43-53.
3. Aiken L.H., Clarke S.P., Cheung R.B., Sloane D.M. & Silber J.H. (2003) Educational levels of hospital nurse and surgical patient mortality. JAMA 290, 1617-1623.
4. Attree M., Cooke H. & Wakefield A. (2008) Patient safety in an English pre-registration nursing curriculum. Nurse Education in Practice 8, 239-248.
5. Buchan J. (2006) Evidence of nursing shortage or a shortage of evidence? 30th Anniversary editorial. Journal of Advanced Nursing 56 (5), 457-458.
6. Clarke S.P. (1999) Perceptions of organizational safety: implications for the development of safety culture. Journal of organizational Behavior 20, 185-198.
7. Davies C. (1995) Gender and the Professional Predicament in Nursing. Open University Press, Buckingham.
8. Duffield C., Aitken L. & O'Brien-Pallas L. (2004a) Nurses who work outside nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing 47 (6), 664-671.
9. Duffield C., Aitken L., O'Brien-Pallas L. & Wise W.J. (2004b) Nursing: a stepping stone to future careers. Journal of Nursing Administration 34 (5), 238-245.
10. Duffield C.M., Diers D., O'Brien-Pallas L. et al. (2011) Nursing staffing, nursing workload, the work environment and patient outcomes. Applied Nursing Research 24 (4), 244-255.
11. Etzioni A. (1964) Modern Organizations. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
12. Finlay L. & Gough B. (eds) (2003) Reflexivity, a Practical Guide for Researchers in Health and Social Sciences. Blackwell, Oxford.
13. Francis R.Q.C. (2010) The Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Independent Inquiry into care provided by Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust January 2005 - March 2009. The report published on 24 February 2010. The Stationery Office, London.
14. Francis R.Q.C. (2013) The Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry. The final report published on 6 February 2013. The Stationery Office, London.
15. Glaser B. (1978) Theoretical Sensitivity. Sociology Press, Mill Valley, CA.
16. Glaser B. & Strauss A. (1967) The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research. Aldine, New York, NY.
17. Hart S.E. (2005) Hospital ethical climates and registered nurses turnover intention. Journal of Nursing Scholarship 37 (2), 173-177.
18. Hayes L.J., O'Brien-Pallas L., Duffield C. et al. (2006) Nurse turnover: a literature review. International Journal of Nursing Studies 43, 237-263.
19. Hsiao W. (2008) When incentives and professionalism collide. Health Affairs 27 (4), 949-951.
20. Jones K.R. & Redman R. (2000) Organizational culture and work redesign: experiences in three organizations. Journal of Nursing Administration 30, 604-610.
21. Kruger N., Hurley A.C. & Gustafson M. (2006) Framing patient safety initiatives: working model and case example. Journal of Nursing Administration 36, 200-204.
22. Lewis S.J. (2002) Extent of shortage will be known only when nurses spend all their time nursing. British Medical Journal 325, 1362.
23. Liu H.P., Gong Y. & Mao L. et al, (2005) The status quo of nursing manpower allocation and nursing staffing standards consideration. Chinese Nursing Management 5 (4), 22-25. (In Chinese).
24. Lu H., While A.E. & Barriball K.L. (2007) A model of job satisfaction of nurses: a reflection of nurses' working lives in Mainland China. Journal of Advanced Nursing 58 (5), 468-479.
25. Ma X.W. (2010) Firmly Curb the Rise of Medical Safety Event Trends by Implementation a National Inspection. Speech given by the vice Minister at the National Health Conference, 20 May 2010. Available at: http://www.moh.gov.cn/ accessed 10 June, 2010 (In Chinese).
26. Ma J., Lu M. & Quan H. (2008) From a national, centrally planned health system to a system based on the Market: lessons from China. Health Affairs 27 (4), 937-948.
27. Maben J., Latter S. & Clark J.M. (2006) The theory-practice gap: impact of professional-bureaucratic work conflict on newly-qualified nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing 55 (4), 465-477.
28. Maertz C.P. & Campion M.A. (2004) Profiles in quitting: integrating process and content turnover theory. Academy of Management Journal 47, 566-582.
29. Maertz C.P. & Griffeth R.W. (2004) Eight motivational forces and voluntary turnover: a theoretical synthesis with implications for research. Journal of Management 30 (5), 667-683.
30. McGrath A. (2006) Should I Stay Or Should I Go? Towards an Understanding of Leaving Nursing. PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
31. Melia K.M. (1987) Learning and Working, the Occupational Socialization of Nurses. Tavistock Publications, London.
32. Merton R.K. (1968) Social Theory and Social Structure. Free Press, Glencoe, IL.
33. MHPRC (2005) Chinese Nursing Development Project 2005-2010. (2005 No. 294). Ministry of Health of People's Republic of China, Beijing.
34. MHPRC (2009) The CPC Central Committee and State Council views on the implementation of the Health Care Reform. Authorised for release by Xinhua News, 17 March, 2009, Beijing.
35. MHPRC (2010) The Implementation of the Act for Inspection of Health Statistics and Punishment of the violations within the Health System. Beijing. Available at: http://www.moh.gov.cn, accessed 21 October 2010.
36. Morrell K., Loan-Clarke J., Arnold J. & Wilkinson A. (2008) Mapping the decision to quit: a refinement and test of the Unfold Model of voluntary turnover. Applied Psychology: an International Review 57 (1), 128-150.
37. Pei L.K., Legge D. & Stanton P. (2002) Hospital management in China in a time of change. Chinese Medical Journal 115 (11), 1716-1726.
38. Shields M.A. & Ward M. (2001) Improving nurse retention in the National Health Service in England: the impact of job satisfaction on intentions to quit. Journal of Health Economics 20 (5), 677-701.
39. Smith P., Pearson P.H. & Ross F. (2009) Emotions at work: what is the link to patient and staff safety? Implications for nurse managers in the NHS. Journal of Nursing Management 17, 230-237.
40. Spetz J. (2011) Unemployed and Underemployment Nurse. International Centre for Human Resources in Nursing, International Council of Nursing, Geneva.
41. Sun Y.F., Yan L.H. & Kang F.X. (2001) The psychological reasons and countermeasures for nurse leaving their posts. Chinese Journal of Nursing 36 (2), 92-94 (In Chinese).
42. Takase M., Yamashita N. & Oba K. (2008) Nurses' leaving intentions: antecedents and mediating factors. Journal of Advanced Nursing 62 (3), 295-306.
43. World Health Organization (2006) The World Health Report, Working Together For Health. WHO, Geneva.
44. World Health Organization (2008) World Health Statistics. WHO, Geneva.
45. World Health Organization (2011) World Health Statistics. WHO, Geneva.
46. Yang X.Y. & Chen Y.J. (2004) Analysis of the shortage of nursing resources allocation in China. Journal of Nursing Administration 4 (10), 16-18 (In Chinese).
47. Ye W.Q., Du P. & Xu X.P. (2006) Study of the current situation of nursing resource allocation in Shanghai. Chinese Journal of Nursing 41 (10), 874-876 (In Chinese).
48. Zhu J.H. (2012) Towards an Understanding of Nurses Leaving Nursing Practice in China. PhD Thesis, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
49. Zurn P., Dalpoz M., Stilwell B. & Adams O. (2002) Imbalances in the Health Workforce. WHO, Geneva.