The roles and responsibilities of newly qualified children’s nurses
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The findings indicated that becoming a staff nurse is a process leading to an identity that is actively and continuously being created.
Abstract
The roles and capabilities of newly qualified nurses have been studied in the past but little is known about whether newly qualified children's nurses undergo similar transitions. Six recently qualified children's nurses were interviewed in this small qualitative study to explore the meaning of being a staff nurse and identify factors that facilitated or inhibited transition from child branch student to registered nurse. A theoretical framework of role transition and situated learning was derived from the interview data. The findings indicated that becoming a staff nurse is a process leading to an identity that is actively and continuously being created