Abstract

Muslim majority societies' religious perspective towards nursing as a predominantly female profession has been suggested as one possible reason behind the nursing shortage and problems of retention. A literature review indicated that no research has been directed toward student nurses' pre-registration experiences in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Therefore this study looked at the experiences of Saudi student nurses to explore the extent to which student nurses' experiences during pre-registration education impacted on their decision to choose nursing as a future career following exposure in the clinical environment. An ethnographic and interpretive phenomenological approach was adopted.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 10148040; ProQuest document ID: 1814309766. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Eshtiaq Al Faraj, PhD, MSc, BSn, Nurse Consultant and Assistant Professor

Sigma Membership

Non-member

Lead Author Affiliation

Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Phenomenology

Research Approach

Qualitative Research

Keywords:

Social-Cultural Aspects, Role of Gender Impact, Nursing Students

Advisor

Pam A. Smith

Second Advisor

Helen Allen

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

University of Surrey

Degree Year

2008

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2023-06-20

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