Exploring Work-Related Experiences of Newly Hired Hospital Nurses in Ghana: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Early work-related experiences of newly hired employees can have important implications for their work performance over time and their future health and well-being trajectories. In health care work, such outcomes may hold implications for the services delivered and the patients whose lives depend on them.

Objectives

This study was conducted to explore the work-related experiences of newly hired hospital nurses in Ghana.

Methods

Using qualitative methods, thirty-six (36) newly hired nurses in three (3) hospitals in the Eastern Region of Ghana were purposively sampled and interviewed. Thematic network analyses were applied to the data collected.

Results

Five main themes emerged which summarized the experiences of the nurses. The themes indicated that

SUBMITTER: Darkwah E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11465299 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature