title: Experiences of final year nursing students in their preparedness to become registered nurses.
abstract: The objectives of this study were: firstly, to explore and describe the experiences of final year nursing students relating to how they experience their preparedness to fulfil the role of professional nurse; secondly, to explore and describe the experiences of novice professional nurses in the role of professional nurse; finally, to generate a model which will assist the final year nursing student to become a professional nurse. A theory-generative, qualitative, explorative, descriptive and contextual research design was utilized to reach the objectives of the study. Results indicated that final year nursing students experience a lack of confidence to take on the responsibilities of professional nursing. The results are displayed in table form and discussed in the article. This abstract forms part of a bigger study that addresses the professional maturity of the novice professional nurse for the practice of nursing.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Science Department, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth 6031. sheree.carlson@nmmu.ac.za
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carlson
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Kotzé
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: van Rooyen
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D017145:Models, Educational; D024802:Nurse's Role; D011361:Professional Competence; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013019:South Africa; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*