We are very pleased that the dissertation of our former research assistant Dr. Katrin Arianta has finally been published by Springer Nature. The book description reads as follows:

"In times of a growing shortage of nurses, Katrin Arianta examines in this book the social-interactive learning processes that contribute to the development of professional aspirations in first-year nursing trainees. Through a detailed analysis of interviews with twelve trainees, conducted at two to four different points in time, the author explores how they form, adapt or discard their career plans. The resulting LEpA model describes the development of career plans as a dynamic learning process in which trainees deal intensively with their intentions to stay and leave. Based on grounded theory methodology, the author develops a qualitative longitudinal analysis method and identifies four typical patterns of these processes. The results offer revealing insights into how long-term commitment to the nursing profession can be supported or inhibited. These insights are of central importance for the development of support measures to improve the attractiveness of the nursing profession and the length of stay in nursing."

Katrin Arianta completed her doctorate last autumn under the supervision of Dr. Juliane Dieterich and Prof. Dr. Michael Goller at the Institute for Vocational Education and Training at the University of Kassel. The work on which the doctorate is based, which is strong in terms of methodology and content, is of interest to various groups of people: teachers at nursing schools, practice instructors, personnel developers, nursing service managers, (training) education managers, academics with an interest in training quality, training drop-out or onboarding processes, as well as anyone with a focus on vocational training or vocational and business education (including those outside the nursing world).

It can be ordered or downloaded here:

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-658-47025-8

Full reference:

Arianta, K. (2024). Between intentions to stay and intentions to leave: The development of nursing career aspirations among first-year nursing trainees. Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-47025-8