Perspect Nurs Sci.  2014 Oct;11(2):123-131. 10.16952/pns.2014.11.2.123.

Evaluation of a Career Ladder Program for Nurses in a Hospital

• Park KO
• Park SH
• Kim YH
• Choi JH

• KMID: 2315701
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.16952/pns.2014.11.2.123

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purposes of this study were to assess the efficacy and usefulness of the career ladder program in a hospital and to evaluate nurses' satisfaction with the program.
METHODS
The study was conducted using a survey consisting of 14 questions on the appropriateness, necessity and usefulness of the career ladder program. The data were gathered from 403 nurses in a hospital. We assessed differences in responses according to the participants' workplace, age, educational background, marital status, experience (total years and years at current working place). We analyzed the data using SPSS/WIN 12.0.
RESULTS
Nurses acknowledged that the career ladder program is necessary and profitable within the nursing field, but they worried about the appropriateness of the nurse's role at each career level and rationality of the portfolio. The study also identified nurses' characteristics that were significant factors in explaining nurses' satisfaction with the career ladder program. Finally, we identified complaints and improvements for the program.
CONCLUSION
We assessed differences in attitude towards the career ladder program according to nurses' characteristics.

Keyword

Career ladder; Program evaluation; Nurses

MeSH Terms

Career Mobility*
Marital Status
Nurse's Role
Nursing
Program Evaluation

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