The standards of professionalism in nursing: the nursing instructors’ experiences

Authors

  • Azadeh Azemian Msc in Medical Education, School of Medical Education, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Thehran, Iran
  • lila afsar Research administrator, School of Medical Education, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Thehran, Iran
  • maryam Ravani pour Associate Professor of Nursing, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Boushehr University of Medical Sciences, Boushehr, Iran
  • Zohreh vanaki Associate Professor of Nursing, Department of Nursing, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract:

Background: The increasing need and demand for professional nurses and enhance the quality of professional services is a key issue that has led to professional practice in health systems. Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the standards of nursing professionalism based on faculties' points of view. Methods: Qualitative design in this study was content analysis with purposive sampling. Data were derived from 28 instructors of Bushehr University of Medical Sciences who had over 3 years of work experience and they desired to participate in the study. Data collection was conducted three FGD and 12 individual interviews. The data were analyzed based on steps of conventional content analysis. Results: Data analysis resulted in development offour major themes and eight sub-themes. The main themes included promoting empowerment, ethics and professional commitment, resources and structure, and correction of social status. Sub-themes included individual abilities and professionalism, human values and professional ethics, educational and organizational structure and resources as well as internal and external factors. Conclusion: Attention to education and continuous evaluation of nursing skills and knowledge, position of nursing in health care system and social status of nursing have essential roles in the empowering and enhancing of nursing professionalism.

Upgrade to premium to download articles

Sign up to access the full text

Already have an account?login

similar resources

The Experiences of Nursing Students, Instructors, and Hospital Administrators of Nursing Clerkship

Introduction: Most studies concerning clinical education of nursing students have been performed qualita-tively. This study was performed to more deeply investigate the students’ education at nursing clerkship and explore the experiences of nursing students, instructors, and hospital administrators from the clinical educa-tion of nursing students. Methods: In a qualitative study a semi-structu...

full text

Characteristics of competent clinical instructors: a review of the experiences of nursing students and instructors

Background and Purpose: The competence of clinical instructors is regarded as the most significant factor in achieving training goals. Competence is not a single, uniform concept, and different definitions have been proposed by educational organizers including instructors and students. Therefore, this study was performed to review the experiences of nursing students and clinical trainers regard...

full text

Professional Ethical Competence in nursing: the role of nursing instructors

Teaching ethics to nurses leads to their involvement in providing high quality care, enable them to duly encounter ethical issues. One of the key elements of educational systems is nursing instructors. Even though lots of studies show the role of instructors in students' learning, their role in promotion of professional ethics has been attended to less. The objective of this study is surveying ...

full text

Characteristics of competent clinical instructors: a review of the experiences of nursing students and instructors

Background and Purpose: The competence of clinical instructors is regarded as the most significant factor in achieving training goals. Competence is not a single, uniform concept, and different definitions have been proposed by educational organizers including instructors and students. Therefore, this study was performed to review the experiences of nursing students and clinical trainers regard...

full text

Perceptions of professionalism among nursing faculty and nursing students.

Although there is no consensus about the definition of professionalism, some generally recognized descriptors include knowledge, specialization, intellectual and individual responsibility, and well-developed group consciousness. In this study, Q-methodology was used to identify common viewpoints about professionalism held by nursing faculty and students, and four viewpoints emerged as humanists...

full text

romantic education:reading william wordsworths the prelude in the light of the history of ideas

عصر روشنگری زمان شکل گیری ایده های مدرن تربیتی- آموزشی بود اما تاکید بیش از اندازه ی دوشاخه مهم فلسفی زمان یعنی عقل گرایی و حس گرایی بر دقت و وضوح، انسان عصر روشنگری را نسبت به دیگر تواناییهایش نابینا کرده و موجب به وجود آمدن افرادی تک بعدی شد که افتخارعقلانیتشان، تاکید شان بر تجربه فردی، به مبارزه طلبیدن منطق نیاکانشان وافسون زدایی شان از دنیا وتمام آنچه با حواس پنجگانه قابل درک نبوده و یا در ...

My Resources

Save resource for easier access later

Save to my library Already added to my library

{@ msg_add @}


Journal title

volume 4  issue 1

pages  27- 40

publication date 2014-04-01

By following a journal you will be notified via email when a new issue of this journal is published.

Hosted on Doprax cloud platform doprax.com

copyright © 2015-2023