Paulinian Nurses in Clinical Practice as Blueprint towards Development of Paulinian Nurses’ Residency Program

Abstract

New nursing graduates are expected to adapt well in the changing health care environment especially having gone through ASEAN standardization and a shift to outcomes-based education, this study sought to describe the lived experiences of Paulinian Nurse in the Clinical Practice to develop a blueprint for new Paulinian nurses that will enable to facilitate their entry into the health care industry. Fifteen Paulinian nurses from batches 2013 to 2017 were interviewed to surface their initial clinical experiences as they transitioned from nursing students to staff nurses. After a textual analysis integrated within a descriptive phenomenological research design, the study revealed four (4) themes and nine (9) subthemes. The themes were crossing the roughest road, acclimatizing in the midst of transition, echoing Paulinian Education in the workplace and finding one’s niche in the clinical nursing. Voices of clinical instructors were cross-referenced with said themes prior to the development of blueprint which was presented to three Nursing Administrators. Concluding to present this study is the Pre Post Graduate Residency Blueprint towards development of Paulinian Nurse Residency Program, which starts with Clinical Intensive Program, Post-Graduate Clinical Preparatory Seminar-Workshop, On-boarding Clinical Transition Program finally reaching to their destination, being the Paulinian Professional Nurse.