Journal of Nursing & Care

Marica Guevarra Estrada

Publications

• Research Article
  Professional Ambivalence: Understanding of the Eminence of Advanced Clinical Nursing Specialization in the Philippines
  Author(s): Marica Guevarra Estrada and Crestita TanMarica Guevarra Estrada and Crestita Tan
  
  As the practice of nursing continuously evolves, the registered nurses’ role has expanded from basic practice to advanced nursing practice over the last 100 years. Following the demands of healthcare organizations worldwide, Philippines adopted the Nursing Specialty Program that aims to promote presence of clinical nurse specialists in the country. Cognizant of this challenging role, this phenomenological inquiry has eidetically captured their collective experiences as clinical nurse specialists. A series of semi-structured, in-depth, one on one interview was conducted. Driven by the central question, “What describes the acceptance and utilization of CNS in the health care institution?” Field text were transcribed and subjected to phenomenological reduction via cool and warm analyses. Four clusters of themes delineated the participant’s collective experiences n.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168.1000151

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