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The Clinical Nurse Specialist: perceptions of practising CNSs of their role and development needs
Author(s) -
Bamford Olly,
Gibson Faith
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2000.00354.x
Subject(s) - grounded theory , focus group , coding (social sciences) , qualitative research , nursing , perception , content analysis , medicine , axial coding , psychology , sociology , social science , neuroscience , anthropology , theoretical sampling
• This study was carried out to determine the role and development needs of Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) in two acute hospital trusts. • One of the aims was to obtain a detailed understanding of the current professional experience of Clinical Nurse Specialists. • Data were collected using focus groups and analysed descriptively. • Analysis of the content was qualitative, based on a grounded theory approach, and followed the initial steps of open and axial coding. • Role transition and development needs are identified on a continuum of novice to expert.