Career Path and its Relation to Career Ambition and Job Stability among Head Nurses | ||
| Sohag Journal of Nursing Science | ||
| Volume 4, Issue 7, July 2025, Pages 141-153 PDF (568.92 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/sjns.2025.400175.1083 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ehsan Saad Soliman Saad* 1; Mona Thabet2; Seham Marzouk Amer1 | ||
| 1Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt | ||
| 2Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Menia University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Career path is an ongoing process through which head nurses establishes their career goals and determines how to reach to them by systematically matching career goals to their knowledge, skills, capabilities, experiences and opportunities for fulfillment to advance as professionals through developing their career ambition and reaching to a higher level of job stability. Research aimed to assess career path and its relation to career ambition and job stability among head nurses. Research design: The descriptive correlational design was used. Setting: All units in all departments at Benha University Hospitals, Qalubya, Egypt. Sample: A convenience sample of all available head nurses (n=110). Tools of data collection: Three tools were utilized namely; career path questionnaire, career ambition questionnaire and job stability scale. Results: showed that nearly three quarters of the studied head nurses had moderate level of career path, more than two thirds of them had moderate level of career ambition and nearly two thirds of them had moderate level of job stability Conclusion: There was a high statistical significant differences and positive correlation between career path, career ambition, and job stability.There was high statistical significant differences and positive correlation between career path and career ambition and between career path and job stability. Recommendations: Conducting workshops, scientific conferences, and continuing educational programs by hospital administration for head nurses to broaden their knowledge and skills related to career path. Head nurse's self-development to be up to date by enhancing their intrinsic career ambition | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Career Ambition; Career Path; Head Nurses; Job Stability | ||
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