Exploring the ways experienced nurses in Poland view their profession: a focus group study

Marcinowicz, Ludmiła; Owłasiuk, Anna; Perkowska, E.

doi:10.1111/inr.12294

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“…Our findings suggest that nursing is perceived as a healthcare profession whose primary function is to provide care, which is consistent with other studies that also link nurses to care work [8] for the sick in hospital, administering medication [10], or performing patient hygiene [6,35,36]. To this end, society considers it vital, almost a prerequisite, that nurses possess high technical skills, thus perpetuating the classical view of healthcare, nursing care, the nursing profession, and the recipient of care.…”

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confidence: 91%

Current Social Perception of and Value Attached to Nursing Professionals’ Competences: An Integrative Review

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Mena-Navarro

Domínguez-Pichardo

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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In order to develop nurses’ identities properly, they need to publicise their professional competences and make society aware of them. For that, this study was conducted to describe the competences that society currently attributes to nursing professionals and how nursing is valued in society. This review was based on the conceptual framework by Whittemore and Knafl. The literature search was conducted using PubMed, WOS, and CINAHL databases, and the search strategy was based on a combination of natural language and standardised keywords, with limits and criteria for inclusion, exclusion, and quality. The results of the studies were classified and coded in accordance with the competence groups of the professional profile described in the Tuning Educational Structures in Europe programme. Fourteen studies were selected. The most commonly reported competence groups were as follows: nursing practice and clinical decision making; and communication and interpersonal competences. Nursing is perceived as a healthcare profession dedicated to caring for individuals. Its other areas of competence and its capacity for leadership are not well known. In order to develop a professional identity, it is essential to raise awareness of the competences that make up this professional profile.

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confidence: 91%

Current Social Perception of and Value Attached to Nursing Professionals’ Competences: An Integrative Review

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Mena-Navarro

Domínguez-Pichardo

et al. 2022

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“…Indeed Marcinowicz et al [13, p.337] recently expressed concern about these very matters, highlighting their possible negative impact on perceptions of polish nursing among the public, but also among nurses themselves. Nurses report concerns about low pay and lack of prestige [13]. There is also evidence of a significant pattern of migration among Polish nurses [12].…”

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Polish nursing into the future – challenges and opportunities

Timmins

2019

Pielegniarstwo XXI Wieku / Nursing in the 21st Century

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Introduction. Polish nursing has experienced rapid and unprecedented evolutionary change. Recent and ongoing changes to preparatory nurse education have heralded a profound change for the profession. At the same time the nursing profession itself has experienced unprecedented development in terms of changing roles and expanded practice. While the growth of professional is ongoing there are many challenges to this in terms of staffing shortages, an aging workforce and changing illness trajectories. While a committed workforce, nurses are challenged to maintain quality standards in the context of these challenges.Aim. This paper explores the responses and responsibilities required of the profession to face ongoing changes in medicine, health and society as well as policy and professional changes. The leadership required to successfully steer and negotiate this ongoing transformation will be discussed.

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“…One of the major proposed coping strategies for alleviating empathic distress in nurses is adopting a “realistic view” (Mészáros et al, 2013), which refers to accepting one’s circumstances without being influenced by one’s emotional states, and dealing with situations in a practical, efficient, and calm manner (Brown, 1993). The realistic view in nurses was indicated to be cultivated through clinical professional experience (Acebedo-Urdiales et al, 2016; Marcinowicz et al, 2016) or their vocational motivation (Carter, 2014). These previous studies with nurses were based on interview-based investigations; there is no direct, brief-style measure of the “realistic view.”…”

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Exploring the Neural Correlates in Adopting a Realistic View: A Neural Structural and Functional Connectivity Study With Female Nurses

Ogino

Kawamichi

Kakeda

et al. 2019

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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Empathizing leads to positive and negative consequences. To avoid empathy-induced distress, adopting a realistic view (dealing with a situation practically and efficiently independent of one’s emotional state) is important. We hypothesized that empathy-demanding professions (e.g., nursing) may require individuals to adopt a realistic view, which may demonstrate modulated neural structure and functional connectivity. We confirmed that female nurses showed a higher tendency, compared to controls, to adopt a realistic view, using the Fantasy subscale of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI; inverse scale of the realistic view). We then employed voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) to explore the neural underpinnings related to realistic view adoption. Nurses exhibited significantly lower gray-matter volume (GMV) in the right striatum. In multiple regression analysis, only the Fantasy subscale score showed a significant positive correlation with GMV within the striatum cluster. Moreover, nurses exhibited lower functional connectivity between the right striatum and the right lateral prefrontal cortex (PFC), representing emotional regulation. These findings show that structural differences in the striatum correlated with the realistic view. Furthermore, lower functional connectivity between the striatum and lateral PFC suggests that nurses may use efficient coping strategies that may lessen the recruitment of effortful emotional regulation.

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Exploring the ways experienced nurses in Poland view their profession: a focus group study

Cited by 12 publications

References 17 publications

Current Social Perception of and Value Attached to Nursing Professionals’ Competences: An Integrative Review

Current Social Perception of and Value Attached to Nursing Professionals’ Competences: An Integrative Review

Polish nursing into the future – challenges and opportunities

Exploring the Neural Correlates in Adopting a Realistic View: A Neural Structural and Functional Connectivity Study With Female Nurses

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