Abstract
Aim: To ascertain the factors which influence wherestudents undertaking the 4.5 year Children's andGeneral Nursing Integrated programme intend topractice post graduation.Background: Children's nurse education in theRepublic of Ireland has undergone radical changein the past decade. In September 2006 the firstBSc in Children's and General Nursing IntegratedProgramme commenced nationally. The programmewas introduced in an effort to increase the numbersof students studying to become children's nursesand also to provide a children's nurse educationprogramme at undergraduate level in the Republicof Ireland. The programme is four and a half yearsin duration and graduates will obtain a Bachelorof Science in Children's and General Nursing. Successful graduates will therefore be eligible toregister as both Registered Children's Nurses andRegistered General Nurses with An Bord Altranis(the Irish Nursing Board). This means that graduateswill be ‘dual qualified’ and subsequently can chooseto work in either area.Methodology: A quantitative approach wasadopted and data were gathered by means of a 19point specifically designed questionnaire. Purposivesampling was utilised to access all 3rd and 4th yearnursing students of the General and Children'sNursing Integrated programme (n=200). SPSSversion 16 was used to analyse data.Results: Students have clear ideas about wherethey intend to practice post graduation. Participantsreported enjoying practicing as children's nursesmore than practicing as general nurses. Participantsalso reported perceiving greater job satisfactionworking as a children's nurse that as a generalnurses.
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