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Healthy Eating And Physical Activity Among New Graduate Nurses: A Qualitative Study Of Barriers And Enablers During Their First Year Of Clinical Practice, Elizabeth Brogan, Chris Rossiter, Christine Duffield, Elizabeth Denney-Wilson

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Background: New graduate nurses entering the workforce experience numerous barriers to maintaining a healthy lifestyle including shift work, the high cost of healthy foods at the workplace and high levels of exhaustion which reduce motivation to participate in regular physical activity. Research has documented unhealthy lifestyles among nurses across the profession. However, few studies focus on graduates' experiences during their transition into their careers. Aim: To investigate the barriers and enablers to healthy eating and participation in physical activity for new graduate nurses during their first year of clinical practice, and to explore attitudes to participation in workplace health promotion …