Abstract
Newly graduated nurses (NGNs) are thrust into roles that some purport they are inadequately prepared to handle. Studies found that 4% of NGNs were comfortable with their skills, it took up to one year to feel competent and confident, and NGNs feel shocked, unprepared, and overwhelmed. The purpose of this mixed method study was to investigate the basic knowledge (BK) of NGNs working in the critical care (CC) setting and compare it to the BK of experienced nurses and to understand the experience of NGNs as they made clinical judgments. Triangulation linked the experiences of NGNs as they made clinical judgments and their BK scores. The Novice to Competent Nurse Process Model by Schoessler and Waldo provided the theoretical framework for this study.
Sigma Membership
Epsilon Chi, Epsilon Phi
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Cohort
Research Approach
Mixed/Multi Method Research
Keywords:
Critical Care Nurses, New Nurses, Clinical Judgements
Advisor
Lynn C. Simko
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
Duquesne University
Degree Year
2010
Recommended Citation
Wiles, Lynn L., "Basic knowledge in critical care: A comparison of experienced and newly graduated nurses augmented with an examination of newly graduated nurses? Experience making clinical judgments" (2019). Dissertations. 1345.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/1345
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2019-09-04
Full Text of Presentation
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Description
This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3428302; ProQuest document ID: 817523902. The author still retains copyright.