What Is the Most Common Reason Nurses Reported Their Intent

question 25

Multiple Choice

What is the most common reason nurses reported their intent of leaving their positions in rural and remote nursing?

• A) To settle down and raise children in urban parts of the country
• B) To find a less stressful job with more available resources
• C) To find another career outside of the health care arena
• D) To undertake further nursing education to develop more skills

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Definitions:

Dramaturgical Concepts

Refers to ideas stemming from the theory which views social interactions as performances, where individuals are actors on metaphorical stages.

Backstage

A term from sociology, specifically Erving Goffman's dramaturgical analysis, referring to private areas of our lives where we prepare for and recover from the public "performance" of our social roles.

Symbolic Interaction

Refers to the process by which individuals use symbols and language to interact and communicate, creating shared meanings.

Herbert Blumer

An American sociologist known for developing Symbolic Interactionism, a theory that examines how individuals create meanings through social interaction.