Abstract

The Canadian Nurses Association predicts the nursing shortage will rise to an estimated 60,000 Registered Nurses (RNs) by the year 2022. Further compounding this issue is the approximate 14-61% of nursing graduates who will change nursing roles or exit the profession within two years of practice. Using the Glaserian grounded theory method, the purpose of this study was to examine the basic psychosocial process labelled Letting Go involved in how newly-graduated RNs in western Canada arrive at the decision to exit the nursing profession within five years of entry into the workforce through semi-structured interviews.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 10099704; ProQuest document ID: 1783597944. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Kathryn M. Chachula, PhD, MN, BN, RN

Sigma Membership

Xi Lambda

Type

Thesis

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Grounded Theory

Research Approach

Qualitative Research

Keywords:

Registered Nurses, Leaving the Profession, Canada, Nursing Shortage

Advisor

Florence Myrick

Second Advisor

Olive Yonge

Degree

Master's

Degree Grantor

University of Alberta

Degree Year

2014

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None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2021-10-21

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