Demographic characteristics of participants_
| Participant number | Age (years) | Gender | Educational level | Clinical experience (years) | Managerial level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 36 | Female | Master’s degree | 12 | Clinical supervisor |
| 2 | 33 | Male | Bachelor’s degree | 6 | Head nurse; ICS |
| 3 | 44 | Female | Bachelor’s degree | 20 | Nursing manager |
| 4 | 44 | Female | Bachelor’s degree | 18 | Head nurse; general |
| 5 | 25 | Female | Master’s degree | 2 | Educational supervisor |
| 6 | 26 | Female | Bachelor’s degree | 3 | Clinical supervisor |
| 7 | 47 | Female | PhD | 23 | Nursing manager |
| 8 | 39 | Male | Bachelor’s degree | 14 | Head nurse; general |
| 9 | 31 | Male | Master’s degree | 3 | Head nurse; ICS |
| 10 | 33 | Female | Bachelor’s degree | 7 | Clinical supervisor |
Categories and sub-categories_
| Category and sub-category | Codes |
|---|---|
| Centrality of the nursing profession | |
| Compatibility with nursing practices | Being specific to the field of nursing; ability to establish team communication; usability in intercultural nursing; complying with task delegations; compatible with nursing concepts; being operational and clinical; ease of use for nurses; acceptance by clinical nurses and nursing managers; applicable in physical and mental illnesses |
| Compliance with organizational and professional principles of nursing | Usability in emerging and recurrent diseases; increasing patient–nurse satisfaction; time-effectivity; improving the responsibility of nurses; having a guide and systematic nursing diagnoses; being comprehensive; cost-effectivity; reducing the workload of nurses; being updatable |
| Covering the patient care aspect | |
| Having potential to facilitate | Ability to establish more patient–nurse communication; eliminating barriers to active involvement of nurses in bedsides; leading to the alteration of attitudes of staff and clients |
| Adaptation to patient care conditions | Being both process- and outcome-driven; compatibility with the conditions of patients in different wards; having a nursing diagnosis for all stages of care from hospitalization to death |
Demographic characteristics_
| Parameter | Frequencyq |
|---|---|
| Managerial level | |
| Head nurse | 4 |
| Educational supervisor | 1 |
| Clinical supervisor | 3 |
| Nursing manager | 2 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 3 |
| Female | 7 |
| Educational level | |
| Bachelor’s degree | 6 |
| Master’s degree | 3 |
| PhD | 1 |
| Work experience | 15 ± 3 |