Tag: Graduates

Distance from friends and family makes early career nurses think twice about going rural

Building social connections and creating community ties could help recruit and retain early career nurses to work in rural locations, according to a new research paper. Led by Elyce Green, from Three Rivers University Department of Rural Health at Charles Sturt University, the study set out to identify the influences and drawbacks for early career […]

Study: What would help retention of early career nurses in regional and rural areas?

What would help improve the job satisfaction and retention of early career nurses working across regional and rural Australia? It’s a question often contemplated by Heidi Rose, a clinical nurse based at Mount Gambier, and University of South Australia academics Dr Gemma Skaczkowski and Associate Professor Kate Gunn. So, they asked them. The study aimed […]

SA nurse and midwifery graduates set to benefit from new support initiative

For the first time, South Australian graduate nurses and midwives will be able to work directly with a mentor as part of their Transition to Professional Practice Program (TPPP). The state government is hiring 62 experienced nurses and midwives to guide up to 10 graduates and offer clinical support under a new ‘Working with Wisdom’ […]

Transitioning to the Australian nursing workforce: Perceptions and experiences of international nursing students and international nursing graduates

Researchers from the University of South Australia want to hear from international nursing graduates (international students who have graduated from an Australian nursing degree) about their experiences of around transitioning from study to the Australian nursing workforce. This research follows the team’s previous research that explored international nursing students’ (not graduates) perceptions and experiences of […]