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dc.title | Career breaks and intentions for retirement by Queensland's nurses-A sign of the times? | |
dc.contributor.author | Eley, R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Parker, D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Tuckett, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hegney, D. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-09-21T09:32:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-09-21T09:32:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Eley, R., Parker, D., Tuckett, A., Hegney, D. (2010). Career breaks and intentions for retirement by Queensland's nurses-A sign of the times?. Collegian 17 (1) : 38-42. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2009.10.004 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 13227696 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/26361 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: In order to support policy planning, nurses in Queensland were surveyed three times over a 7-year period. Results from the study offered the opportunity to explore changes in work practices with respect to career breaks and retirement intentions. Design: A self-administered postal survey. Setting: Nurse members of the Queensland Nurses Union residing in the State of Queensland. Participants: 3000 members of the Queensland Nurses' Union. Main outcome measures: An overview of nurses' work practices in relation to breaks in work and planned retirement. Results: Response rates for 2001, 2004 and 2007 were 51%, 44.9% and 39.7%, respectively. Over the 7-year study period the number of nurses taking career breaks declined from 65% in 2001 to 54% in 2007. Of those nurses who reported taking breaks the number of breaks remained constant; however the average length of the breaks declined. Results reflected an ageing workforce. The expected time to remain in nursing increased dramatically for older nurses. Over 60% of 40-60-year-old nurses in 2007 expect to remain in nursing well into their mid-60s compared to 30% in the previous years. Conclusions: The dynamics of the nursing workforce have changed with nurses taking fewer and shorter breaks and expecting to work to a greater age. We speculate that these changes may be influenced by the economic climate. © 2009 Royal College of Nursing, Australia. | |
dc.description.uri | http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2009.10.004 | |
dc.source | Scopus | |
dc.subject | Breaks | |
dc.subject | Economics | |
dc.subject | Nurses | |
dc.subject | Queensland | |
dc.subject | Retirement | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.contributor.department | NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD | |
dc.description.doi | 10.1016/j.colegn.2009.10.004 | |
dc.description.sourcetitle | Collegian | |
dc.description.volume | 17 | |
dc.description.issue | 1 | |
dc.description.page | 38-42 | |
dc.identifier.isiut | 000275800100006 | |
Appears in Collections: | Staff Publications |
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