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A qualitative descriptive study of generalist nurses aimed at identifying the components of their professional expertise and understanding their characteristics in acute care wards. A

A qualitative descriptive study of generalist nurses aimed at identifying the components of their professional expertise and understanding their characteristics in acute care wards. - A qualitative descriptive study of generalist nurses aimed at identifying the components of their professional expertise and understanding their characteristics in acute care wards. C

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-UMIN000061361
Enrollment
10
Registered
2026-05-01
Start date
2026-07-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Persons working as full-time staff in the acute care ward of a medical facility that is billing for Acute Care General Inpatient Fee 1 (excluding nurses with specialist nurse or certified nurse qualifications, or nurses currently enrolled in such educational programs).

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Applicants must be employed in the acute care ward of a medical facility in Prefecture A that charges acute care general inpatient fee 1. Applicants must be full-time employees. Participants must have received a full written explanation of the research content and have given their consent. Gender is not a factor.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Nurses who hold specialist nurse or certified nurse qualifications, or who are currently enrolled in such educational programs, nurses who have completed or are currently enrolled in specific practice training, and nurses who hold positions such as head nurse or supervisor are excluded.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Meaningful words and descriptions are extracted from interview records and coded. Next, related codes are integrated and categorized to reveal common concepts and structures contained within participants' narratives. The resulting categories are integrated, organized, and classified with the conceptual model structured in the conceptual analysis of the first study, systematically capturing the components of clinical nurses' expertise in acute care wards.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Basic information (age group, years of nursing experience, highest level of education, employment type, family situation, etc.)

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public Contactnaomi abe

Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing

aben@ipu.ac.jp029-840-2223

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026