Abstract
D.Cur. (Nursing Science)
Nursing is viewed as a profession, with existing ideologies on how this profession should be portrayed. In South Africa, nursing is regulated by the South African Nursing Council (SANC) and relevant legislation. Within the South African context, the nursing profession comprises different nursing cadres. The enrolled nurse is considered a subcategory of nursing, and therefore does not carry the title of ‘professional’ as in a professional nurse. However, the enrolled nurse still forms part of the professional body, namely SANC. SANC’s annual report of 2017 reported 78 652 enrolled nurses versus 144 914 registered nurses. In the researcher’s dissertation (De Klerk, 2016), a central theme emerged, concluding that the enrolled nurses at a specific nursing agency lacked self-awareness. The central theme was supported by the enrolled nurses’ lack of portraying the characteristics of professionalism. Based on the central theme, the following research question was derived: “What can be done to facilitate self-awareness for professionalism of enrolled nurses at a specific nursing agency in Gauteng?” The purpose of the study was to develop, describe, implement, and evaluate a model for the facilitation of self-awareness for professionalism of enrolled nurses at a specific nursing agency in Gauteng. A theory generating, qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual design was used, and the research was conducted following Chinn and Kramer’s four stages of model development. Stage 1 concerned the concept analysis. Step 1 of the concept analysis consisted of the identification of the central concept, and step 2 entailed the definition and classification of the central concept. The central concept was identified from the researcher’s previous dissertation on the perceptions of enrolled nurses towards professionalism. The central concept ‘enrolled nurses lack self-awareness regarding professionalism’ was identified. The researcher defined the central concept by means of identifying essential attributes from dictionaries and subject literature. The researcher utilised Dickoff, James and Widenbach’s survey list to classify the central concept...