{"id":7503,"date":"2025-06-28T18:40:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T18:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/career-choices-and-destinations-of-rural-nursing-students-undertaking-single-and-double-degrees-in-nursing\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T05:06:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T05:06:31","slug":"career-choices-and-destinations-of-rural-nursing-students-undertaking-single-and-double-degrees-in-nursing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/career-choices-and-destinations-of-rural-nursing-students-undertaking-single-and-double-degrees-in-nursing\/","title":{"rendered":"Career choices and destinations of rural nursing students undertaking single and double degrees in nursing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: <strong>Career choices and destinations of rural nursing students undertaking single and double degrees in nursing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Original Article Link: <a href='https:\/\/www.ajan.com.au\/index.php\/AJAN\/article\/view\/1624' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download PDF: <a href='https:\/\/www.ajan.com.au\/index.php\/AJAN\/article\/download\/1624\/362' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Click Here to Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Abstract<\/h2>\n<p>Objectives: To identify and compare the location and career preferences of students enrolled in single and transdisciplinary double degrees in a Bachelor of Nursing program at a rural university. To understand what influences and motivates students to enrol in a double degree program that includes nursing.<br \/>\nDesign: A cross-sectional cohort study using a semi structured survey.<br \/>\nSetting: Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.<br \/>\nSubjects: 209 undergraduate students in all years of the Bachelor of Nursing (BN), Bachelor of Nursing\/Bachelor of Clinical Practice (Paramedic) (BN\/BCP), and Bachelor of Nursing\/Bachelor of Early Childhood Teaching (BN\/BECT). programs.<br \/>\nMain outcome measures: Demographics of participants; reasons double degree students enrolled in a nursing program; career location and career discipline preferences.<br \/>\nResults: In 2008 the majority (70%) of students in all three groups were from rural areas, but double degree students came from a higher socio-economic background, were younger and were more likely to be male than single degree nursing students. They also had different motivating factors for enrolling and many did not prefer nursing as a career. 40% of BN, 45% of BN\/BECT students and 28% of BN\/BCP students preferred to work in a rural location for their graduate year.<br \/>\nConclusions: Students undertaking this rural based double degree nursing program are different to single degree nursing students in a number of important areas. The lack of interest in a nursing career and a rural location by over half of these students is concerning. Targeted strategies are needed to reverse this loss of potential nursing graduates.<\/p>\n<h2>Authors<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Noelene Hickey<\/li>\n<li>Linda Harrison<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Keywords<\/h2>\n<p>nursing education, double degrees, rural career preferences<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p>References not available for this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: Career choices and destinations of rural nursing students undertaking single and double degrees in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[4670,3966,4671],"class_list":["post-7503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-double-degrees","tag-nursing-education","tag-rural-career-preferences","wpcat-124-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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