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Confidence in critical care nursing.

Jeanne Evans1, Jennifer L Bell, Annemarie E Sweeney

  • 1University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.

Nursing Science Quarterly
|September 28, 2010
PubMed
Summary

Critical care nurses

Area of Science:

  • Nursing Science
  • Qualitative Research
  • Cultural Care Theory

Background:

  • Confidence is a crucial nursing phenomenon.
  • Understanding confidence within the critical care subculture is vital.
  • Leininger's Cultural Care Diversity and Universality theory provides a framework.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore critical care nurses' experiences of confidence.
  • To identify social, cultural, and environmental factors influencing confidence.
  • To apply Leininger's Sunrise Model to understand these influences.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative descriptive study design.
  • Semistructured interviews with 28 critical care nurses in Canada.
  • Analysis guided by Leininger's theory and Sunrise Model.

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Main Results:

  • Five key themes emerged regarding confidence.
  • Social/cultural factors: navigating initiation rituals, developing supportive relationships, assimilating decision-making rules.
  • Environmental factors: preserving security amid barriers, accommodating diverse challenges.

Conclusions:

  • Social, cultural, and environmental factors significantly shape critical care nurses' confidence.
  • Understanding these factors is essential for practice and research.
  • Implications for supporting confidence in the critical care nursing environment.