Kontakt 2024, 26(1):2-8 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2024.001

Professionalism from the perspective of nurses with advanced practiceNursing - Original article

Katarína Žiaková, Dominika Kohanová *, Juraj Čáp, Radka Kurucová
Comenius University in Bratislava, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Department of Nursing, Martin, Slovak Republic

Introduction: Professionalism is a multidimensional and dynamic concept that can be understood and interpreted differently depending on time, job position, or culture context.

Objective: To investigate how nurses with advanced practice interpret and understand professionalism in the Slovak sociocultural context.

Methods: This qualitative study adopted an interpretative design. The sample consisted of seven advanced practice nurses (APNs). Data were collected between November 2021 and December 2022 using semi-structured interviews. Data were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis.

Results: Professionalism was interpreted through five meaningful themes: Management support; Professional socialization; Nurse professional; Challenges and problems of professionalism in nursing; Relationships. Advanced practice nurses interpreted professionalism as a multidimensional concept that encompasses several interconnected attributes. Nurses highlighted the role of professional organization, the importance of professional socialization, education, and lifelong learning as important attributes in building and maintaining professionalism - and considered the nurse shortage to be one of the biggest challenges that threatens professionalism.

Conclusion: Advanced practice nurses contribute to the sustainability of the health system. Their understanding and interpretation of professionalism may support the nursing profession in general.

Keywords: Advanced practice nurse; Hospital care; Professionalism reflexive thematic analysis; Qualitative study
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This work was supported by the Cultural and Educational Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic [the project of the KEGA project no. 008UK-4/2021 Professionalism and Ethics in Nursing].

Conflicts of interest:

The authors have no conflict of interest to declare.

Received: July 6, 2023; Revised: September 27, 2023; Accepted: October 18, 2023; Prepublished online: January 11, 2024; Published: March 15, 2024  Show citation

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