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Online Statistics Labs in MSW Research Methods Courses: Reducing Reluctance Toward Statistics
In: Journal of social work education: JSWE, Band 49, Heft 1, S. 81-95
ISSN: 2163-5811
Older Americans Employment and Retirement
In: Ageing international, Band 38, Heft 1, S. 82-94
ISSN: 1936-606X
Racial/Ethnic Inequality Among Older Workers: Focusing On Whites, Blacks, and Latinos Within the Cumulative Advantage/Disadvantage Framework
In: Journal of social service research, Band 43, Heft 1, S. 18-36
ISSN: 1540-7314
Older Workers with Physically Demanding Jobs and their Cognitive Functioning
In: Ageing international, Band 47, Heft 1, S. 55-71
ISSN: 1936-606X
Finding Meaning in the Work of Nursing: An International Study
In: Selected Rand abstracts: a guide to RAND publications, Band 20, Heft 3
ISSN: 1091-3734
Sixty nurses from five countries (Canada, India, Ireland, Japan, and Korea) took part in 11 focus groups that discussed the question: Do you consider your work meaningful? Fostering meaning and mentorship as part of the institutional culture was a central theme that emerged from the discussions. In this article, we begin with a background discussion of meaning and meaningful work as presented in the literature related to existentialism and hardiness. Next, we describe the method and analysis processes we used in our qualitative study asking how nurses find meaning in their very challenging work and report our findings of four themes that emerged from the comments shared by nurses, specifically relationships, compassionate caring, identity, and a mentoring culture. After offering a discussion of our findings and noting the limitations of this qualitative study, we conclude that nursing leaders and a culture of mentorship play an important role in fostering meaningful work and developing hardy employees.