Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2017, 8(4):731-741 | DOI: 10.15452/CEJNM.2017.08.0026

NURSING STUDENTS' WORK EXPERIENCE BASED PERCEPTIONS OF "BEING A GOOD NURSE"

Ramunė Bagdonaitė-Stelmokienė1,2,*, Vilma Žydžiūnaitė1,3
1 Institute of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
2 Social Welfare Center, Kolping University of Applied Sciences, Lithuania
3 Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Klaipeda University of Applied Sciences, Lithuania

Aim: To reveal and describe nursing students' work experience based perceptions of "being a good nurse".

Design: This study was implemented using a descriptive qualitative design.

Methods: Data were collected in the format of unstructured individual narrative-based written reflections, analyzed by applying inductive manifest qualitative content analysis. The sample consisted of 110 final year nursing students from five different universities of applied sciences in five Lithuanian regions.

Results: Nursing students' perceptions of "being a good nurse" derived from their work experience throughout their courses, and relate to nurses' competence, professional features and values, and the implementation of their professional mission. These qualities are fluid and interrelated, reflecting nurses as individuals, as members of the nursing profession, of certain health care organizations, and as members of society.

Conclusion: "Being a good nurse" is an indeterminable concept. Nursing students derive their understanding of it from the work practices they encounter, a basis from which they observe, reflect and learn. The research outcomes demonstrate the need for moral education and development of practical intelligence for nursing students, which will encourage them to strive to become "goodˮ nurses.

Keywords: "being a good nurse", inductive manifest qualitative content analysis, Lithuania, nursing, nursing student, practice, qualitative approach

Received: March 19, 2017; Accepted: June 28, 2017; Published: September 30, 2017  Show citation

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Bagdonaitė-Stelmokienė R, Žydžiūnaitė V. NURSING STUDENTS' WORK EXPERIENCE BASED PERCEPTIONS OF "BEING A GOOD NURSE". Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery. 2017;8(4):731-741. doi: 10.15452/CEJNM.2017.08.0026.
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