Being a professional is one of the fundamental concepts of nursing and care, and professional self-understanding is the first important step toward acting morally in a profession. This study aimed to explore the perspective of students of emergency care regarding the professionalism concept.
This qualitative research was performed on 10 students of emergency care. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews until reaching data saturation. The interviews were transcribed and their texts were evaluated several times, followed by coding and classification of the contexts by content analysis method.
Data analysis led to the extraction of three main categories (definition of professionalism, the importance of professionalism and characteristics of professionals) and 15 subcategories (social benefits, peace, justice, a necessity for medical emergency, reduced errors, safety observance, improvement of quality, doing the tasks accurately, accountability, taking the patient’s situation into account, accurate performing of procedures, up-to-date and sufficient knowledge, proper communication, management, and a good mood).
The themes revealed based on the results of the present study demonstrated students’ meticulous attention to the topic of professionalism. These individuals had reached important perceptions in this regard despite a lack of specialized study or specific training in this area, which was considerable.
- حق عضویت دریافتی صرف حمایت از نشریات عضو و نگهداری، تکمیل و توسعه مگیران میشود.
- پرداخت حق اشتراک و دانلود مقالات اجازه بازنشر آن در سایر رسانههای چاپی و دیجیتال را به کاربر نمیدهد.