TABLE 2.

Example of analysis.

Meaningful unit	Initial codes	Codes	Themes
Care and justice, to care is to see the whole person and contribute with the help and time that the patient needs (4)	Professional values	Values	Values—a prerequisite of nursing knowledge
You have to be caring, and … you must be calm. It is important to take time, time I think is really the most important value you can have as nurses (7)	Personal values
Be fond of people … and have a desire to and thrive on providing care and use skills and knowledge to help others where needed (6)	Human manners
I think it's very broad, … but nursing knowledge I think is really just wanting what's good…. nursing knowledge is to know a little about everything to help as many people as possible, … It's very difficult to put into words, in a way (2)	Broad and blurry knowledge	Broad and blurry knowledge	Nursing knowledge—an umbrella of knowledge
…I think nursing knowledge is really just wanting good (2) … say an auxiliary nurse and a nurse, we do a lot of the same things, but a nurse has the medical responsibility and procedures, so to speak. So, I find it difficult to answer exactly what a nurse is (7)	Vague demarcation of nursing knowledge