Job preferences of undergraduate nursing students in eastern China: a discrete choice experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Shortage and mal-distribution of nursing human resources is an intractable problem in China. There is an urgent need to explore the job preferences of undergraduate nursing students. The main aim of this study is to investigate the stated preferences of nursing students when choosing a job.

Methods

A discrete choice experiment (DCE) was conducted to assess job preferences of the final year undergraduate nursing students from four medical universities/colleges in Shandong Province, China. Job attributes include location, monthly income, bianzhi (which refers to the established posts and can be loosely regarded as state administrative staffing), career development and training opportunity, work environment and working strength. Mixed logit models were used to analyz

SUBMITTER: Liu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6318922 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature