School of Biomedical Sciences – Paramedicine The Transition from Nursing to Paramedicine – A...

School of Biomedical Sciences – Paramedicine

The Transition from Nursing to Paramedicine – A Longitudinal StudyTania Johnston & Joe Acker @TaniaOzCan @AckerJoe

Future of Health is in Your Hands Research Conference3/12/15 Port Macquarie, NSW

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Today’s presentation

• Graduate Diploma course

• Our research project• Preliminary findings• Next steps

I’ve been waiting for over 10min. When can I get something for this cold? It isn’t going to get better on it’s own!

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School of Biomedical Sciences – Paramedicine

CSU Paramedic Courses

Undergraduate Post Graduate

Grad Cert Intensive Care

Paramedic

Grad Cert Leadership and Management

Grad Diploma of Clinical Practice (Paramedicine)

Future - Masters

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Graduate Diploma of Clinical Practice (Paramedicine)

Pharmacology Medical Emergencies

Residential School

Clinical Placement

Major Incident Management Paediatrics

Paramedic Systems

Paramedicine as a

Discipline

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Nurses becoming Paramedics - Background

RNs function as generalists in rural

areas

Demonstrated need & desire for emergency skills

Challenging to obtain and maintain resuscitation skills

Rural nursing offers task autonomy &

variability

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Our study

Method• 3 year longitudinal

study, mixed methods

• Surveys & focus groups

Data analysis• SPSS

Student Survey 1:• Motivation• Expectations

Post Grad Survey 2:

• Reality• Future Plans

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Survey 1 (57 questions): demographics, motivation & expectations

1. Seek change

7. Lack of rural

opportunity to specialise

2. Burned out

8. Less stress

3. More autonomy

9. Pay

4. More independ-

ence

10. Work culture,

leadership

5. Career diversity/adva

ncement

11. Environ-ment

6. Bored

12. Skill Variability

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Preliminary results

• Survey #1 was administered in 2013, 2014, and 2015

• We are reporting interim results from 2013/2014 today

• We had a 100% response rate, n=40 though a few questions were missing responses

• Reported results are descriptive & frequency counts using SPSS

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Demographic Information (Gender)

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Demographic Information (Age)

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Demographic Information (Employment Status)

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Demographic Information (Current Nursing Area)

Survey 1 key results:

Seek change

(87% A or SA)

Lack of rural opportunity to

specialise

(77%

D or SD)

Burned out

(73% D or SD)

Less stress

(80%

D or SD)

More autonomy

(64%

A or SA)

Pay

(77%

D or SD)

More independ-

ence

(75%

A or SA)

Culture, leadership

(balanced)

Career diversity/

advancement

(balanced)

Environment

(75%

A or SA)

Bored

(balanced)

Skill Variability

(72%

A or SA)

A – agree, SA – strongly agree, D – disagree, SD – strongly disagree

Seek change (87% A or SA)

Lack of rural opportunity to specialise

(77% D or SD)

Burned out (73% D or SD)

Less stress(80% D or SD)

A – agree, SA – strongly agree, D – disagree, SD – strongly disagree

More autonomy(64% A or SA)

Pay(77% D or SD)

More independ-

ence(75% A or SA)

Culture, leadership

(balanced)

A – agree, SA – strongly agree, D – disagree, SD – strongly disagree

Career diversity/enhance

ment(balanced)

Environ-ment(75% A or SA)

Bored (balanced)

Skill variability(72% A or SA)

A – agree, SA – strongly agree, D – disagree, SD – strongly disagree

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Summary

Interested in a change Autonomy

Independence Environment

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Next steps…

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Thank you!

Contact: Tania Johnston and Joe AckerBachelor of Clinical Practice (Paramedicine)

tjohnston@csu.edu.au jacker@csu.edu.au

Tel: +61 2 6582 9323