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Lived experience of H ispanic new graduate nurses – a qualitative study
Author(s) -
Morales Esther G
Publication year - 2014
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 - 10.1111/jocn.12339
Subject(s) - workforce , nursing , nonprobability sampling , qualitative research , psychological intervention , health care , interpreter , medicine , relevance (law) , acute care , psychology , medical education , sociology , population , social science , environmental health , computer science , political science , programming language , economics , economic growth , law
Aims and objectives To seek understanding of lived experience from the voice of H ispanic new graduate nurses. Background Nurse educators and leaders have called for a more diverse nursing workforce while the body of the literature and knowledge about H ispanic registered nurses in the United States appears underdeveloped. Design A qualitative approach with a phenomenological methodology was used. Methods A purposive sampling of H ispanic new graduate nurses ( n = 7 ) completed a demographic questionnaire and semi‐structured interviews. The study setting was within the Midwest and the south‐west of the United States. Results There were seven general themes: (1) being an employee, (2) an orientation with or without preceptors, (3) a transition, (4) shadows of doubt, (5) being Hispanic, (6) being bilingual and being pulled, and (7) blessed. Hispanic new graduates would prefer Hispanic preceptors and anticipated that their first employment would be in a hospital setting. Conclusion Hispanic new graduate nurses anticipate, desire and expect orientation programmes and preceptors in acute care and outpatient healthcare settings to aid in their transition from student to professional nurse. H ispanic new graduate nurses described an experience of transition typical of new graduate nurses in the U nited S tates, but with added dimensions such as cultural understandings and language proficiency with S panish. Relevance to clinical practice Appropriate support and interventions for all new graduate nurses across multiple employment settings may retain a diverse nursing workforce appropriately positioned to serve vulnerable populations.