title: The cultural-ecological orientation of graduate nurses (novice) in medical-surgical nursing.
abstract: The aim of this research was to understand the process of clinical reasoning and decision-making and the impact that trajectory of experience has on the decision-making of graduate nurses by investigating the clinical practice of 10 novice nurses. An ethnographic interpretive approach was used to study the clinical practice of novice nurses in medical-surgical nursing. An in-depth interview was conducted following the periods of observation. The findings of this research demonstrate that the graduates who participated in this study were instrumental in creating a cultural-ecological orientation to their practice, and inherent in their practice was a highly developed perceptual awareness of the individual needs of patients and their families, which resulted in a close bond with their patients.
authors.affiliation: Teaching and Learning, University of South Australia, Centre for Regional Engagement, Whyalla, Australia. mary.oliver@unisa.edu.au
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oliver
mesh_terms: D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D000078329:Workforce