Abstract
A challenge to health care in the 21st Century is preparing and integrating newly registered nurses (RNs) into the health care system. The most ill and infirm are often the recipients of nursing care provided by new RNs, thus the quality and safety of care may be dependent on these new RNs. Four research questions based on a review of the literature has guided this study. A three-phase sequential explanatory mixed-method approach, using both quantitative and qualitative strategies, was designed to look at nurse self-concept and clinical decision making from the end of the nurse preparation program through the first year of nursing practice. Little is understood regarding the formation of a new RN, particularly how the constructs of nurse self-concept (NSC) and clinical decision making (CDM) are part of formation. Although not one of the research questions, the Conceptual Model of Nurse Formation was found to have a degree of validity in representing the process of nurse formation.
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Omicron at-Large
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Explanatory
Research Approach
Mixed/Multi Method Research
Keywords:
Nurse Self-Concept, Clinical Decision Making, Nurse Formation, Nurse Preparation, Nurse Orientation
Advisor
Gerald Mager
Second Advisor
Joseph Shedd
Third Advisor
Darlene Del Prato
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
Syracuse University
Degree Year
2017
Recommended Citation
Sheldon, Carol A., "An exploration of the first year of nursing practice: Continued formation as registered nurses in the 21st century" (2022). Dissertations. 1194.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/1194
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None: Degree-based Submission
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Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2022-02-01
Full Text of Presentation
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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 10686764; ProQuest document ID: 2019222973. The author still retains copyright.