Nursing professional capital: a qualitative analysis. Academic Article

abstract

• OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to offer qualitative support for the assertion that nurses possess professional capital. BACKGROUND: Nurses embrace professional standards and tenets that have been measured as trust and ethics. By understanding forms of capital and combining quantitative public-opinion surveys and our qualitative findings, a case can be made that nurses possess professional capital. METHOD: This was a focused review of existing interview data and was conducted using inductive content analysis. FINDINGS: Patients provided unsolicited accounts of trust and positive regard for their nurses. CONCLUSION: Evidence supports that in combination with trust and positive regard, nurses possess professional capital. Nurses should judiciously use their professional capital to impact institutional, political, and economic policy.

authors

• Mclennon, Susan

published proceedings

• J Nurs Adm

altmetric score

• 0.75

author list (cited authors)

• Lasiter, S., & McLennon, S. M.

citation count

• 2

complete list of authors

• Lasiter, Sue||McLennon, Susan M

publication date

• February 2015

publisher

• Wolters Kluwer  Publisher

keywords

• Aged
• Critical Care Nursing
• Humans
• Nurse-patient Relations
• Patient Safety
• Patient Satisfaction
• Professional Competence
• Qualitative Research
• Social Capital

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1097/NNA.0000000000000164

start page

• 107

end page

• 112

volume

• 45

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/nna.0000000000000164