New Graduate Nurses’ Experiences of their Professional Readiness During Transition to Professional Roles

The professional self-concept of new graduate nurses.

The purposes of this study were to: (1) describe the level of professional self-concept among new graduate nurses working in critical care and general medical surgical unit six months after completing a nursing program, (2) examine the professional self-concept in relation to age, marital status, and educational level of new graduate nurses, and (3) examine graduate nurses' perceptions of their...

[Longitudinality in nurses' work: a report of professional experiences].

The present study aimed at describing nurses' perceptions regarding care under the perspective of longitudinality. This descriptive-exploratory qualitative study was performed in April 2010 with twenty family health nurses from cities of the 10th Regional Health District of Paraná, using semi-structured interviews. The data were submitted to content analysis. Results pointed at the following ca...

Becoming Socialized into a New Professional Role: LPN to BN Student Nurses' Experiences with Legitimation

This paper presents findings from a qualitative descriptive study that explored the professional socialization experiences of Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) who attended an online university to earn a Baccalaureate degree in nursing (BN), a prerequisite to writing the Canadian Registered Nurse (RN) qualifying exam. The project was framed from a constructivist worldview and Haas and Shaffir's ...

Evaluating supplemental professional nurses.

A process of becoming: the stages of new nursing graduate professional role transition.

Newly graduated nurses are entering the work force and finding that they have neither the practice expertise nor the confidence to navigate what has become a highly dynamic and intense clinical environment burdened by escalating levels of patient acuity and nursing workload. This research used qualitative methods to build on and mature aspects of the new nurse's transition experience into acute...

Iranian Nurses Professional Socialization

Background: Professional socialization of nurses defines a process in which novice practitioners are trained to develop the attitude and skills to become professional practitioners. This study was conducted to assess the level of professional socialization among clinical nurses. Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. A total of 600 nurses from Tehran and Shahrekord teaching hosp...