Nursing Practice Based on Second Year Nurses’ Perspectives of Team Practice: Experiences of University-Educated Nurses Working in an Internal Medicine Ward

Abstract

Objective: To clarify how second-year nurses practice nursing as a member of a team through interactions with team members, including those in other professions.

Method: A qualitative descriptive study of seven nurses in their second year of clinical experience. This study uses both participatory observation and semi-structured interviews.

Results: A total of three major themes were identified with respect to nursing practice: “self-centered thinking and behavior have changed to team-oriented thinking and behavior,” “struggling to fulfill the roles expected of them,” and “searching for their own nursing style.”

Conclusion: Second-year nurses have more free time because they have become used to their daily duties. Therefore, their approach has changed in such a way that they now think and act in accordance with their position and situation as a member of the team. Additionally, they struggle and try hard on a daily basis to engage in duties that involve many difficulties. The presence of senior nurses is believed to be important for second-year nurses to complete their learning cycle.