[An orientation program for nurses in a private hospital. Phase III]

An exploratory, descriptive and contextual research study was executed in the description of an orientation programme for registered nurses in a private hospital. The data for the orientation programme were inferenced from phase 1 (experience of the registered nurse in a private hospital), and the conceptual framework and phase 2 (the expectations of doctors regarding the nursing duties of a registered nurse in a private hospital). These data therefore represent the population. Data-analysis was done through utilization of the three sets of premises as supportive data for the orientation programme. The result is the description of the orientation programme, as well as the description of guidelines in the operationalization of the programme.