WHAT DOES IT MEAN “TO BE A GOOD NURSE”? PERCEPTIONS OF NURSING STUDENTS

Authors

  • Vilma Zydziunaite Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania Klaipeda State University of Applied Sciences, Klaipeda, Lithuania St. Loyola of Ignatius University of Applied Sciences, Kaunas
  • Ramune Bagdonaite-Stelmokiene Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17770/sie2020vol2.4962

Keywords:

good nurse, inductive manifest qualitative content analysis, Lithuania, nursing student, reflection

Abstract

“To be a good nurse” is a complex phenomenon. It is the essential goal in nursing training, education and practice, and can be experienced through work practice. However, “to be a good nurse” is taken for granted and is rarely studied, mostly with the focus on personal features and in relation to good nursing and quality of nursing. The aim was to reveal nursing students’ work experience-based perceptions of the personal meaning of “to be a good nurse”. Sample. Research participants comprised 110 final year nursing students. Methods. For data collection were used unstructured individual narrative-based written reflections and the data was analyzed by applying the inductive manifest qualitative content analysis. Results. For nursing students “to be a good nurse” means courage, professionalism, loyalty, humanity, solidarity and caring. It is an individually experienced phenomenon, meaningful for nursing students when they collaborate with nurse practitioners, learn through cooperation and observation, and have the opportunity to act autonomously by taking responsibility for their own actions. Conclusion. “To be a good nurse” is a part of who the student is and the values that s/he holds dear to her/him.

 

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Author Biographies

  • Vilma Zydziunaite, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania Klaipeda State University of Applied Sciences, Klaipeda, Lithuania St. Loyola of Ignatius University of Applied Sciences, Kaunas
    Vilma Zydziunaite is a Professor, PhD of Vytautas Magnus University and Klaipeda State University of Applied sciences. She is a Vice-Director for research and studies at St. Ignatius of Loyola University of Applied Studies. She gives lectures on Social anad Health Research methodology for students who are involved in the study programmes of nursing, social work, emergency medicine (BA level), educational management (MA level), educational science (PhD level). She is a (co)author of more than 30 books, 170 articles, over 120 presentations of international conferences.
  • Ramune Bagdonaite-Stelmokiene, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas
    Ramune Bagdonaite-Stelmokiene is PhD student at Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania. She is a Director of Kolping University of Applied Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania. She is a co-authors of over 10 scientific articles, active participant and researcher of national and international research projects.

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Published

2020-05-20

How to Cite

Zydziunaite, V., & Bagdonaite-Stelmokiene, R. (2020). WHAT DOES IT MEAN “TO BE A GOOD NURSE”? PERCEPTIONS OF NURSING STUDENTS. SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference, 2, 503-512. https://doi.org/10.17770/sie2020vol2.4962