Desirable Characteristics among graduate nurses of Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University

Abstract

            This qualitative study aimed to study desirable characteristics among graduate nurses of Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University.Data were collected by using a semi-structured interview.Key informants were selected by purposive sampling from faculty of nursing and the university administrators, and nursing directors who had been working in the hospitals of Ubon Ratchathani Province. The total key informants were 10. Content analysis was applied for data analysis.

            The research results revealed that desirable characteristics among graduate nurses deepened on six dimensions of Thailand Qualifications Framework for higher education of nursing. 1) Ethical and moral development consisted of good attitude toward nursing profession, clients respect, service mind, honest, discipline, humanize, and good mental health. 2) Knowledge consisted of nursing profession, legal and professional ethics, research methodology, hospital accreditation, health care system, administration, tradition, psychology, and general knowledge. 3) Cognitive skills consisted of system thinking, analytic thinking, creating thinking, solving thinking, life-long learning and emotional intelligence.4) Interpersonal skills and responsibility consisted of responsibility, harmony, empathy, conflict resolution, good personality, social etiquette, and working with communities. 5) Numerical analysis, communication and information technology consisted of data analysis, reading and interpreting skills, presenting data, information technology using skills, and communication skills both Thai and English in different situations. 6) Practical skills consisted of holistic nursing skill with compassion, mercy, and generosity, patient rights, cultural diversity, leadership.