Journal article
“Juggling many balls”: Working and studying among first‐year nursing students
Journal of Clinical Nursing, Vol.28(21-22), pp.4035-4043
2019
Abstract
Aims and objectives
To explore the experiences of first‐year nursing students, their motivations for working and how they juggled study and other commitments while engaging in paid work.
Background
There has been a global rise in the number of students balancing full‐time study, paid work and other commitments, with the main antecedent financial reasons.
Design
Qualitative exploratory study.
Methods
Drawn from a larger Australasian sequential exploratory mixed‐method study, this qualitative study was conducted with fifty first‐year undergraduate nursing and midwifery students who commenced their nursing studies in 2017. Telephone or face‐to‐face interviews were conducted with purposively selected students engaged in either nursing or non‐nursing fields of work. Interviews were conducted from April–July 2017. Interviews lasted from 15–40 min. Results were thematically analysed. EQUATOR guidelines for qualitative research (COREQ) applied.
Findings
Two main themes and accompanying subthemes were identified. The first theme explored students’ motivation behind combining work and study and identified the need for financial security and “me time”. The second theme “Juggling many balls” provided insights into the benefits students perceived, how they kept the “balls” in the air and at times dropped “balls” while balancing work, study and other commitments.
Conclusions
The motivation behind paid work was mainly financial; however, students also reported work allowed an escape and time for self which had social and health benefits. Working provided a range of positive benefits, including a sense of achievement, improved self‐esteem and financial independence.
Details
- Title
- “Juggling many balls”: Working and studying among first‐year nursing students
- Authors/Creators
- A. Christiansen (Author/Creator) - Edith Cowan UniversityY. Salamonson (Author/Creator) - Western Sydney UniversityR. Crawford (Author/Creator) - Teaching Excellence and Flexible Learning, Whitireia Community Polytechnic/WelTec New Zealand, Porirua, New Zealand.B. McGrath (Author/Creator) - School of Health, Whitireia Community Polytechnic New Zealand, Porirua, New Zealand.D. Roach (Author/Creator) - Western Sydney UniversityP. Wall (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityM. Kelly (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityL.M. Ramjan (Author/Creator) - Western Sydney University
- Publication Details
- Journal of Clinical Nursing, Vol.28(21-22), pp.4035-4043
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Inc.
- Identifiers
- 991005544063807891
- Copyright
- © 2019 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
- Murdoch Affiliation
- College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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