Background: The related literature mentions that nurses experience various career problems in their career processes. Some of the problems are related to gender, and glass ceiling perception has an essential place among these. Objective: This study aimed to determine the problems experienced by nurses in their career processes and the effect of glass ceiling perception on these problems. Methods: The population of this descriptive study, conducted between May and June 2022, consisted of 3,758 nurses working in public, private, and university hospitals. The sample consisted of 407 nurses who were randomly selected. Data were collected using the Descriptive Information Form, Glass Ceiling Perception, and Career Problems in Nursing Scale. Normality tests, reliability analyses, descriptive statistical methods, comparison and correlation analyses, and simple linear regression analysis were used to analyse the data. Results: The mean score of the Career Problems in Nursing scale of the nurses participating in the study was 84.75 ± 28.27, and the mean score of the glass ceiling perception scale was 2.80 ± 0.54, above the average. The model established between career problems in nursing and glass ceiling perception was significant and explained 20.3% of the total variance (F = 46.453; p = 0.000; R2adj = 0.203). Conclusion: This study found that the career problems of nurses were above average, and glass ceiling perception was effective in solving these problems.

Dicle University Ataturk Vocational School of Health Services Diyarbakir Turkey

Istanbul Arel University Faculty of Health Sciences Istanbul Turkey

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