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This ambiguity blurs important distinctions and limits the comparison and interpretation of findings. This scoping review mapped how career progression and career success have been conceptualised and measured and synthesised the organisational and workforce factors reported in relation to these outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted a scoping review using the Arksey and O\u2032Malley framework. PubMed\/MEDLINE, CINAHL Complete, PsycINFO, Scopus and Web of Science were searched. Data were charted and synthesised using a descriptive thematic approach. Reporting followed the PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Of 2504 records identified, 20 studies were included. Studies included qualitative, quantitative and mixed\u2010method designs. Career progression was represented by movement through grades, roles or responsibilities, whereas objective career success concerned observable achievements and subjective career success concerned personal evaluations of achievement, recognition or fulfilment. Professional development, identity, belonging and intention to remain were related constructs rather than interchangeable outcomes. Reported factors were organised into five descriptive themes: organisational career infrastructure; leadership and managerial conditions; workforce environment; social and relational conditions; and individual resources and career behaviours.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The literature reports relationships between career\u2010related outcomes and conditions at individual, relational, organisational and workforce levels, but it does not establish causal or hierarchical effects. Conceptual inconsistency, contextual heterogeneity and the absence of prospective longitudinal and intervention evidence restrict causal interpretation and transferability.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Implications for Nursing Management<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Findings support consideration of transparent career pathways, equitable access to development, recognition of prior expertise, supportive career conversations and adequate practice environments. These approaches may be considered within local workforce systems but require prospective evaluation because direct evidence that they improve career progression, retention or workforce sustainability remains limited.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1155\/jonm\/8907139","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,1]],"date-time":"2026-10-01T06:36:27Z","timestamp":1790836587000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Nurses\u2019 Career Progression and Career Success: A Scoping Review of Conceptualisation and Associated Workforce Conditions"],"prefix":"10.1155","volume":"2026","author":[{"family":"Elizabeth Bukola Ogunsemo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Nursing Midwifery &amp; Health Education University of Bedfordshire  Luton UK  beds.ac.uk"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5660-4546","authenticated-orcid":false,"family":"Jude Ominyi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Health Sciences &amp; Society University of Suffolk  Ipswich UK  uos.ac.uk"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9329-8325","authenticated-orcid":false,"family":"Noreen Cushen-Brewster","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Health Sciences &amp; Society University of Suffolk  Ipswich UK  uos.ac.uk"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_15_1_2","volume-title":"The Global Nursing Shortage and Nurse Retention","author":"International Council of Nurses","year":"2021"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_2_2","volume-title":"State of the World\u2032s Nursing 2020: Investing in Education, Jobs and Leadership","author":"World Health Organization","year":"2020"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.nepr.2022.103481"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1155\/2024\/8296762"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.5430\/cns.v11n1p40"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.52964\/AMJA.0617"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0149206318786563"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_8_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/job.2046"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_9_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/nop2.862"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_10_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.nepr.2021.103039"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_11_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/ijn.12416"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_12_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/jan.12285"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_13_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/ijn.12674"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_14_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijnss.2018.07.003"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_15_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/jnu.12660"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_16_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/jonm.13834"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_17_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/jonm.12141"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_18_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/10376178.2021.1927775"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_19_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/jan.16543"},{"key":"e_1_2_15_20_2","volume-title":"JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis","author":"Peters M. 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