Alber, L., Augustus, L., Hahn, S., Penkert, J. (2009). Applying Benner’s Model to Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Self-Ratings of Role Competence. J Am Psyhiatr Nurses Assoc, 15(2), 126-137.
In this article, the researches’ main purpose is to analyze the competence and experience level of professional nurse practitioners and new graduated nurses. The study has been conducted according to Benner’s model consisting in the identification of relations between nurses’ competence and their experience. The examination has been accomplished by means of chi-square analysis. The article is of great importance for research paper as the given study directly relates to Benner’s theory.
Altmann, Tanya. (2007). An Evaluation of the Seminal Work of Patricia Benner: Theory or Philosophy? Contemporary Nurse. 25, 114-123.
In the article, Altmann summarizes the main concepts of Patricia Benner work From Novice to Expert in order to identify whether this book is a philosophy but a theory. To do that, the author’s goal is to define the difference between a theory and a philosophy and to the stages of epistemological process occurring in the health care environment. Therefore, this summary directly relates to my research as it is based on Benner’s book.
Courtney K. L., Alexander G. L. Demiris, G. (2008). Information Technology from Novice to Expert: Implementation Implications. J Nurse Manag. 16(6) 692-699.
This paper describes clinical decision support systems (CDSS), software aimed at improving the quality of care and providing an easier access to medical digital data. The authors believe that this program is not always efficient for those who lack experience. This article is not appropriate for my work, as the merits of CDSS are vaguely defined.
Gillespie, M., and Paterson, B. (2009). Helping Novice Nurses Make Effective Clinical Decisions: The Situated Clinical Decision-Making Framework. Nursing Education Perspectives. 30(3). 164-170.
The authors state that clinical environment help novice nurses to apply the theoretical principles in practice and to view different situation in a full context. However, the problem is that nurse graduates are frequently guided by more experienced nurse practitioners that deprive them of possibility to make independent decisions, which is the reason of novice nurse leaving the profession. Therefore, the researchers discuss the necessity to insert decision-making training programs to health care environment. This work is, therefore, relevant to my own research, as it refers to Benner’s concepts of nurse transaction from novice to experts.
Hawkins, J. W., and Fontenot, H. (2009). What do you mean me to teach, do research, engage in service, and clinical practice? Views from the trenches: The novice, the expert. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. 25, 358-361.
In the article, the researches touch upon the necessity to support novice nurse faculty members and their engagement into clinical environment. They also believe that mentoring is the key point triggering the novice nurse into academic life. The work implicitly reveals the Benner’s concepts of novice nurses’ penetration to experienced nurse stuff.
Messmer, P. M., Jones, S. G., Taylor, B. A. (2004). Enhancing Knowledge and Self-Confidence of Novice Nurses: The “Shadow-a-nurse” ICU Program. Nursing Education Perspectives. 25(3). 131-136.
In the article, the authors intend to define the effectiveness of novice nurse transition to the role of intense care unit nurse if working with more experienced nurses. In particular, they discuss quantitative and qualitative results of “Shadow-A-Nurse” ICU Program after two years of its implementation. This source is rather helpful for further research in that field, as the program accomplishment is based on Benner’s application of skill acquisition model.