title: Novice nurses' experiences of unpreparedness at the beginning of the work.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Unpreparedness of novice nurses during the process of transition to their professional role can has broad consequences for the nurse and health care system and leads to reduction of the quality of patient care. This study has been carried out with the aim of investigating the experiences of the unpreparedness of novice nurses.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was conducted qualitatively by using conventional content analysis. Participants were 21 persons including 17 novice nurses, 2 supervisors, and 2 experienced nurses who were selected through purposeful sampling from four hospitals dependent on Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants' experiences were reflected in three main themes of "functional disability", "communicative problems", and "managerial challenges". Each of these dimensions consisted of several sub-categories. These areas had represented the inability to apply the learned knowledge in practice.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The sensitivity of health system, especially, educational mentors and nursing managers to create preparation in novice nurses by providing appropriate orientation programs at the beginning of work and the revision and amendment of nursing curriculum can solve this problem to some extent.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Arak University of Medical Sciences. sajadimahbobeh@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Mahbobeh Sajadi
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Hezaveh
authors.forename: Forough
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rafii
authors.forename: Naiemeh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Seyedfatemi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D003479:Curriculum; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008611:Mentors; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology*; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult