Affiliations: [a] Dialysis Program, Medical Services and Techniques Department, KTO Karatay University, Konya, Turkey
| [b] First and Emergency Program, Medical Services and Techniques Department, KTO Karatay University, Konya, Turkey
| [c] Faculty of Health Sciences, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey
Correspondence:
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Address for correspondence: Evre Yılmaz, Lecturer, Medical Services and Techniques Department, KTO Karatay University. Contact numbers: 4441251/7722, 05426897976; E-mail: evre_51@hotmail.com.
Note: [1] ORCID: 0000-0002-3617-3670
Note: [2] ORCID: 0000-0002-5592-8055
Note: [3] ORCID: 0000-0002-0171-4377
Note: [4] ORCID: 0000-0002-7451-6590
Abstract: BACKGROUND:Nurses are the largest part of a country’s healthcare workforce and need to improve themselves professionally and plan careers. If we know the career barriers, it will guide the solution suggestions on this issue. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between working conditions and career barriers experienced by nurses. METHODS:This study was conducted using the descriptive type research design involving 379 nurses working in a province of Turkey between May and June 2020. Data were collected using the Sociodemographic Characteristics Form and the Career Barriers in Nursing Scale. RESULTS:Of the participants scores, 37.21±12.1 were in the “organizational culture and policies” subscale, 17.46±6.0 in the “personal preferences and perceptions” subscale, 10.97±4.5 in the “negative thoughts about the profession” subscale, 8.37±3.0 in the “stereotypical biases” subscale, and 16.20±5.2 in the “multiple roles” subscale. The average total score of career barriers in nursing was 90.23±27.1. CONCLUSION:A significant but weak negative correlation was found between the total average of the Career Barriers in Nursing Scale score and age (r = –0.121; p = 0.019), graduation date (r = –0.025; p = 0.120), and working time (r = –0.019; p = 0.115). No significant correlation was found between working time in the current institution, average working time per week, and total of the Career Barriers in Nursing Scale score.
