TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical nurses' perceptions and expectations of the role of doctorally-prepared nurses
T2 - A qualitative study in Iran
AU - Cheraghi, Mohammad Ali
AU - Jasper, Melanie
AU - Vaismoradi, Mojtaba
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported financially by Hamadan University of Medical Sciences . The authors would like to express their gratitude to the participants who without their cooperation, this study could not be conducted.
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - Nurses with doctorates are increasing in number throughout the world, yet the multitude of roles they play following graduation is unclear. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe clinical nurses' perceptions and expectations of the role of doctorally-prepared nurses in Iran. A qualitative study, using a content analysis approach was conducted with 43 clinical nurses chosen using a purposive sampling strategy. Oral, semi-structured and written interviews were used to generate data. During data analysis, three main themes emerged; "advantages of the doctoral degree", "clarification of doctorally-prepared nurses' role in clinical practice", and "unmet expectations of doctorally-prepared nurses". An understanding of the expectations of nurses on the role of doctorally-prepared nurses is needed to improve the collaboration between clinical nurses and doctorally-prepared nurses; remove misunderstandings on the abilities and skills of doctorally-prepared nurses; incorporate the expectations into doctoral education in order to facilitate their collaboration; and also remove the theory and practice gap through the utilisation of doctorally-prepared nurses' knowledge and skills in practice.
AB - Nurses with doctorates are increasing in number throughout the world, yet the multitude of roles they play following graduation is unclear. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe clinical nurses' perceptions and expectations of the role of doctorally-prepared nurses in Iran. A qualitative study, using a content analysis approach was conducted with 43 clinical nurses chosen using a purposive sampling strategy. Oral, semi-structured and written interviews were used to generate data. During data analysis, three main themes emerged; "advantages of the doctoral degree", "clarification of doctorally-prepared nurses' role in clinical practice", and "unmet expectations of doctorally-prepared nurses". An understanding of the expectations of nurses on the role of doctorally-prepared nurses is needed to improve the collaboration between clinical nurses and doctorally-prepared nurses; remove misunderstandings on the abilities and skills of doctorally-prepared nurses; incorporate the expectations into doctoral education in order to facilitate their collaboration; and also remove the theory and practice gap through the utilisation of doctorally-prepared nurses' knowledge and skills in practice.
KW - Clinical practice
KW - Nurses
KW - Nursing programme
KW - Qualitative research
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nepr.2013.06.007
DO - 10.1016/j.nepr.2013.06.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 23845412
AN - SCOPUS:84892524619
SN - 1471-5953
VL - 14
SP - 18
EP - 23
JO - Nurse Education in Practice
JF - Nurse Education in Practice
IS - 1
ER -