Abstract
Background:unparalleled changes which the nurses face in the present healthcare system have created an environment in which individual nurses must take control of their careers and futures.Aim:Determine factors influencing career development among nursing staff at Port-Said governmental hospitals. Design: Descriptive correlational design was used. Setting: This study was carried out in all departments at four hospitals affiliated to the ministry of health in Port Said city namely: Port-said general hospital, Port-fouad general hospital, EL-Zhour general hospital and El-Nasr general hospital. Subjects: This study was included two groups, Group Ι: all nursing managers with total number of (73). Group ΙΙ:staff nurses,Stratified random sample were done to recruits staff nurses with total number of (274) staff nurses. Tool of date collection: Career Development Questionnaire was used; it includes three factors measured by (95 items): personal factors, Job related factors and organizational factors. Results:Current study revealed that Job related factors have highest score (71.2%), then personal factors (68.9%), followed by organizational factors(66.9%)which influencing nursing career development. Conclusion: There was statistically significant positive correlation betweenpersonal factors (nurses' personal behaviors, satisfaction, empowerment, career development practice), Job related factors (autonomy, supervisor support)and organizational factors (management support, the career developmental plans) with nursing career development.Recommendations:generalize development of policies and plans for enhancing career development and increase nurses performance. In addition, administration support: through, in-services training programs, provide resource; and opportunities for further education to upgrade the general awareness level of career development strategies
Highlights
The world has changed, technology underpinning the health care system developed significantly
It is a way for organizations to improve employee productivity, and performance (Cedaryana,Luddin&Supriyati, 2018).it is important to study the factors that are influencing nursing career development.So, the present study aims to determine factors influencing career development among nursing staff at Port-Said governmental hospitals
Concerning the Scores of the factors influence career development, table (2): demonstrates that the highest mean scores were for total of job related factors (71.2±15.2) which contains job autonomy with mean (77.6±13.1) and Supervisory support with mean (64.3±22.6)
Summary
The world has changed, technology underpinning the health care system developed significantly. Nursing needs to develop their career to stay up to date with the latest developments, continuing to update their skills and competences to meet health needs effectively and safely (Gyansah & Guantai, 2018). The practice of nursing is that the assessment, the promotion of health, the availability of care, and the treatment of health to maintain optimal function. Career is defined as progress throughout an individual’s professional life, which is developed by selecting positions that contribute to professional goals (Patricia, 2016). It is the progress and actions taken by a person throughout a lifetime(Business Dictionary, 2017).Nursing career should be rich, meaningful, autonomousand have access to the prerequisite for growth and creativity (Rahimi, Aazami, &Mozafari, 2019)
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