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Critical reasoning, problem-solving, decision-making, and evidence-based clinical judgment are thus essential skills for intensive care nursing graduates. This study aimed to explore and describe NQICNs’ lived experiences of being shift leaders.\u003Cbr>Methods: This descriptive qualitative study was based on the data collected through semi-structured individual interviews. Five NQICNs in five hospitals from one region in Gauteng, South Africa, were interviewed between September and December 2019. NQICNs working as shift leaders for 10 to 12 months after intensive care training were eligible for inclusion in the study. Data were analyzed using the four steps suggested by Giorgi.\u003Cbr>Results: The results revealed three themes and seven sub-themes. NQICNs suffered greatly intrapersonally (NQICNs reported intrapersonal suffering, manifesting as pre-shift anxiety, severe work stress, and post-shift exhaustion; NQICNs employed coping mechanisms and either fought, fled, or froze during conflict or crises; NQICNs lack of shift-leading experience did not match their heavy load of responsibilities and accountability); the NQICNs interpersonally matured and empowered themselves (NQICNs experienced support and challenges on an interpersonal level; NQICNs improved their interpersonal relationships and felt proud of and empowered by their professional growth); NQICNs highlighted various requirements to help them manage the high demands of leading shifts (others should fulfill certain needs to enable NQICNs to handle the shift-leading role; self-awareness as a need to enable NQICNs to embrace the shift-leading role).\u003Cbr>Conclusion: A greater understanding of NQICNs and their unmet needs will enable nurse managers, educators, and nurses to better support NQICNs’ evolution from novice to competent shift leaders.© 2023 The authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of the Chinese Nursing Association. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license ([http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)). |  |\n| Keywords:\u003Cbr>Critical care Nurses\u003Cbr>Leadership Qualitative research Role |  |  |  |\n\nWhat is known?  \n􀀁 Newly qualified intensive care nurses (NQICNs) need to be adequately prepared to immediately execute the shift-leading role after qualifying.  \nWhat is new?  \n􀀁 The study affirms that NQICNs need more time to be ready to execute shift-leading roles.  \n* Corresponding author.  \nE-mail address: [charlened@uj.ac.za](charlened@uj.ac.za) (C. Downing).  \nPeer review under responsibility of Chinese Nursing Association.  \n􀀁 The NQICNs identified various needs that should be addressed to ease their transition to shift-leading roles.  \n1. Introduction  \nCritical care is a multidisciplinary and inter-professional speciality dedicated to comprehensively managing patients with or at risk of developing acute organ dysfunction [1]. The diverse, highly skilled multidisciplinary team needs to work in synergy to ensure qua","cbCaiiSo5jIgfKbG","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiSo5jIgfKbG","pdf",396894,8,"English","# Article history\n## Received\n## Received in revised form\n## Accepted\n## Available online\n# Abstract\n## Objective\n## Methods\n## Results\n## Conclusion\n# Introduction\n## Background on critical care and leadership role\n## Shift leader responsibilities and required attributes","[{\"question\":\"What was the objective of the study on newly qualified intensive care nurses?\",\"answer\":\"To explore and describe newly qualified intensive care nurses’ lived experiences of being shift leaders.\"},{\"question\":\"How were participants and data collected for the study?\",\"answer\":\"The study used semi-structured individual interviews with five newly qualified intensive care nurses in five hospitals in Gauteng, conducted between September and December 2019.\"},{\"question\":\"What did the results show about the participants’ experiences?\",\"answer\":\"Three themes emerged: intrapersonal suffering, interpersonal maturation and empowerment, and identified requirements to help nurses manage the demands of leading shifts.\"}]","Newly Qualified Intensive Care Nurses’ Lived Experiences of Being a Shift Leader - Research Paper | PDF"]