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Byeon and Kim: Re-employment Experience of Nurses Who Have Left the Profession
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2008; 38(5): 768-778.

Published online: 30 October 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2008.38.5.768

Re-employment Experience of Nurses Who Have Left the Profession

Young Soon Byeon1, Miyoung Kim2

1Professor, Department of Nursing Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.

2Full-time Lecturer, Department of Nursing Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Kim, Miyoung. Department of Nursing Science, Ewha Womans University, 11-1 Daehyeon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-750, Korea. Tel: 82-2-3277-6694, Fax: 82-2-3277-2850, mykim0808@ewha.ac.kr

Received 10 April 2008       Accepted 9 October 2008

Copyright © 2008 Korean Society of Nursing Science

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to explore the re-employment process of inactivated nurses returning to the nursing field and to develop a grounded theory about their re-employment experiences.

Methods

Data was collected through a face-to-face interview and telephone interviews from 10 nurses. The ground theory methodology of Strauss and Corbin (1998) was used for theoretical sampling in accordance with their unemployment period and reason for leaving prior to reemployment; whereas works of data collection and analysis were performed concurrently.

Results

The core category was discovered to be 'identifying a career path by striking a balance between the practical and the ideal'. This series of processes was categorized into five stages: 'trying to get a job again', 'tolerating difficulties as a beginner', 'trying their best to remain a nurse', 'trying to get another job', and 'staying in the profession till the end'.

Conclusion

The results of this study suggest an understanding and profound insight on the issue of a nursing shortage.

Keywords: Nurse, Employment, Qualitative research

Figures and Tables

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Re-employment experience process of nurses who have left the profession.
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