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Standing on One’s Own Feet: New Graduate Nurses’ Home Health Care Challenges and Work Experiences Study

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	Abstract

Interest is growing for information on recently qualified nurses’ initial meeting with working life. This study aims to shed light on recently qualified nurses’ experience working in home health care. The authors chose to design the study using a phenomenological hermeneutical approach with narrative interviews and text analysis. The respondents consist of a group of four recently qualified nurses. The results show that they are surprised by the many competence requirements and expectations, that they experience feeling alone, and that they also bear large responsibility. At the same time, they enjoy their work, in which they seek to influence the working conditions for their professional practice. They do experience the anxiety of not being able to cope with the challenge of nursing practice, but they are not marked by the shock of reality.

First published on October 9, 2009
Home Health Care Management & Practice 2009, doi:10.1177/1084822309341256


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