title: Concerns of graduating baccalaureate nursing students.
abstract: Senior baccalaureate nursing students (N = 397) just weeks away from graduation were asked to complete the "Worry Clinic Form." This form invites subjective responses from the students' perspectives about their "current" and "greatest-to-date" professional concerns. Content analysis was used to determine the categories of these concerns. Categories of both current and greatest-to-date professional concerns were (1) functioning as a competent registered professional nurse and (2) the environment of work.
authors.affiliation: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing, Lubbock, USA.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: McConnell
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Dadich
mesh_terms: D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*