title: [The graduate, the head nurse and the nursing supervisor. A descriptive study of the competence of recent graduates].
abstract: The study describes the representations of nursing graduate, by professionals involved in their socialization work. The study is a qualitative one. A convenience sample of 19 individuals was set up, graduate nurses (10), head nurses (6) and nurses’ manager (3)were interviewed. A semi structured interviewed was carried out. aimed at investigate their own beliefs about relational competence, technical-operational and organizational skills, desired and held by graduates. The interviews were audio recorded and transcribed. The corpus was analyzed using appropriate software, comparing the three roles involved with respect to the three areas of expertise. Results show a lack of relational competences and emotional control by Graduates both with colleagues and patients. In addition to this, an overall reluctance of established teams to adopt new working methods and graduate competences too focused on theory. The results with respect to competences highlight the need to strength the training with respect to care and relationship with patients for recent graduate, the difficulty of management to set up technical and operational innovations, the need for an interactional approach of the three professional profiles. The study proposes actions aimed at a better graduates’ social and professional integration using the contributions of professionals directly involved in the organization. Furthermore positive action were suggested both during university studies and within organizational contexts in nursing profession.
authors.affiliation: Infermiera, Azienda Sanitaria Locale n°3 di Nuoro.
authors.forename: Tiziana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brundu
authors.affiliation: Coordinatore Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Scienze Infermieristiche ed Ostetriche, Università degli Studi di Cagliari.
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pinna
authors.affiliation: Ricercatore in Psicologia del lavoro e delle organizzazioni, Dipartimento di Pedagogia, Psicologia e Filosofia, Università degli Studi di Cagliari.
authors.forename: Marcello
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nonnis
authors.affiliation: Researcher in Psicologia dello sviluppo e dell'educazione, Dipartimento di Pedagogia, Psicologia e Filosofia, Università degli Studi di Cagliari. Corrispondenza: marcello.nonnis@unica.it.
authors.forename: Maria Luisa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Pedditzi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000592:standards*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000592:standards*; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires