Category

Subcategory (Number of codes)

Primary code (number of total codes: 165)

Adaptation to the workplace

Efforts to adapt to the ward (21)

I had a conversation to get my seniors accepted (7)

Want to know what factors of novice nurses are preferred by people in the workplace (3)

Even if it was a scary senior nurse, I understood that I had to report, contact and consult (3)

I knew I needed a way to talk without being misunderstood (8)

Difficult to talk (22)

I cannot say or write what is happening (4)

I am scared to talk to senior nurses (11)

It is difficult to know the best time to talk about reports, contacts, or consults, to senior nurses in a busy atmosphere (3)

The quality of care becomes poor as I try to finish early so as not to offend senior nurses (3)

It is easy to talk to those who explain without being denied (1)

Mental and physical fatigue (77)

Misunderstood with immature attitude (2)

Don’t deny, please care (7)

Incompatible with the tacit rules of the workplace (37)

It is painful to be in the workplace (22)

I am thinking of leaving the job (9)

Workplace education system

Preceptor guidance (10)

It was different from the expected preceptor (7)

Preceptor does not receive consultation (2)

Preceptors can’t grasp the meaning of what novice nurses want to convey (1)

Guidance by senior nurse (15)

Inadequate educational plan for new nurses (7)

I get many different comments from different people (5)

I am very grateful for the follow-up by my senior nurse (3)

Professional stance

Maintaining motivation (10)

Supported by the involvement of people around me, I am barely continue (7)

I can’t lose my motivation to study because there are people who teach me (3)

Nursing as the ideal that became clear (10)

Senior nurse who has the trust of doctors is the ideal nurse image (4)

I feel a gap in the current situation where I cannot ideally engage with patients (6)