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Adrianna L Watson1, Rachel Detrick1
1Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA.
Abstract:
This concept analysis clarifies the meaning of patrescence in nursing, the developmental transition through which a male nurse becomes a father. Using Walker and Avant's eight-step method, we identified defining attributes including: identity integration, relational reorientation, moral recalibration, temporal development, and work-life negotiation. We also explore antecedents, consequences, and empirical referents. Patrescence is presented as a moral and relational transformation linking personal fatherhood with professional caregiving identity. Understanding this process informs nursing theory, education, and organizational policy supporting nurse-fathers' well-being and role integration.
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