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The aim of this survey was to find out what happened to RSCNs after they qualified, their subsequent careers, the reasons for their job decisions, and to suggest possible ways of retaining more of them in sick children's nursing.
Main Topics:
Variables Age, sex, home town, qualifications, choice of training school, job history and present post, attitudes, job preferences, reasons for leaving sick children's nursing, career advice, career intentions, suggestions as to how shortages of RSCNs might be overcome.
One-stage stratified or systematic random sample
stratified by date of qualification
Postal survey