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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-5-23
pubmed:abstractText
This article reports on research that examines newly qualified UK nurses' experiences of implementing their ideals and values in contemporary nursing practice. Findings are presented from questionnaire and interview data from a longitudinal interpretive study of nurses' trajectories over time. On qualification nurses emerged with a coherent and strong set of espoused ideals around delivering high quality, patient-centred, holistic and evidence-based care. These were consistent with the current UK nursing mandate and had been transmitted and reinforced throughout their 'prequalification' programmes. The existence of professional and organisational constraints influenced their ability to implement these ideals and values once in practice. Data analysis revealed that within 2 years in practice the newly qualified nurses could be categorised as sustained idealists, compromised idealists, or crushed idealists. The majority experienced frustration and some level of 'burnout' as a consequence of their ideals and values being thwarted. This led to disillusionment, 'job-hopping' and, in some cases, a decision to leave the profession. These data are explored and discussed to inform the question of whether the current nursing mandate is sustainable.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
N
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1320-7881
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
99-113
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17518822-Attitude of Health Personnel, pubmed-meshheading:17518822-Burnout, Professional, pubmed-meshheading:17518822-Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate, pubmed-meshheading:17518822-Evidence-Based Medicine, pubmed-meshheading:17518822-Faculty, Nursing, pubmed-meshheading:17518822-Frustration, pubmed-meshheading:17518822-Great Britain, pubmed-meshheading:17518822-Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, pubmed-meshheading:17518822-Holistic Health, pubmed-meshheading:17518822-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17518822-Interprofessional Relations, pubmed-meshheading:17518822-Longitudinal Studies, pubmed-meshheading:17518822-Nurse's Role, pubmed-meshheading:17518822-Nursing Methodology Research, pubmed-meshheading:17518822-Nursing Staff, pubmed-meshheading:17518822-Patient-Centered Care, pubmed-meshheading:17518822-Personnel Turnover, pubmed-meshheading:17518822-Philosophy, Nursing, pubmed-meshheading:17518822-Professional Competence, pubmed-meshheading:17518822-Qualitative Research, pubmed-meshheading:17518822-Questionnaires, pubmed-meshheading:17518822-Social Values, pubmed-meshheading:17518822-Socialization, pubmed-meshheading:17518822-Students, Nursing
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
The sustainability of ideals, values and the nursing mandate: evidence from a longitudinal qualitative study.
pubmed:affiliation
King's College London, London, UK. jill.2.maben@kcl.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't