What establishes an excellent nurse? (eBook)

Academic Paper from the year 2019 in the subject Health - Nursing Science - Miscellaneous, grade: A, Kenyatta University, language: English, abstract: In this essay, the author used McMaster qualitative framework to evaluate Paans, Robbe, Wijkamp, and Wolfensberger article "What establishes an excellent nurse? A focus group and Delphi panel approach". This approach is used as it helps in the filtering of low-quality studies and eliminates misleading information. The article title provides a clear explanation of the research while also remaining short and concise. The title informs the reader what the article is all about using a question, thus making the reader even more interested to find answers; that is, it is about finding answers to the question: What establishes an excellent nurse?

The goal of Paans et alii study was to determine nurses’ perspectives regarding characteristics associated with an excellent nurse in order to elicit a conceptual profile. The researchers, therefore, conducted a qualitative study to examine characteristics that differentiate an excellent nurse from others.The study investigated what experienced nurses considered as the best nursing practices and behavioral aspects that can assist in the development of a framework that can act as a guide to talented nursing students to enhance their professional excellence and satisfy the expectations of professionals in the clinical nursing environments.