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    Who'd be a nurse?: Some evidence on career choice in Australia

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    Authors
    Dockery, Alfred Michael
    Barns, Angela
    Date
    2005
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Dockery, Alfred Michael and Barns, Angela. 2005. Who'd be a nurse? some evidence on career choice in Australia. Australian Bulletin of Labour 31 (4): pp. 350-383.
    Source Title
    Australian Bulletin of Labour
    Additional URLs
    http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=010987174065369;res=IELBUS
    ISSN
    03116336
    Faculty
    Curtin Business School
    School of Economics and Finance
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41533
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    In the context of on-going shortages of nurses this paper looks at factors shaping the decision to enter nursing as a career. Evidence from three different Australian sources is drawn upon: a national panel survey of young school leavers, a survey of first year university students in WA and in-depth interviews with 28 young women studying for their WA Tertiary Entrance Examinations. The results concur with previous studies that have found entrants to nursing courses to be of average-to-be low academic ability and socio-economic status, to have an affinity for caring and to place greater relative emphasis on balancing family and work rather than on career success. Some new insights into the factors influencing the decision to become a nurse further highlight the importance of perceptions of gender roles in society and are consistent with psychological and feminist approaches to career choice.

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