Table 2 Example of matrix including two participants, showing how individual and shared patterns developed
From: Undergraduate nursing students’ experiences of becoming a professional nurse: a longitudinal study
First interview | Second interview | Third interview | Fourth interview | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Student | No. 8 | No. 26 | No. 8 | No. 26 | No. 8 | No. 26 | No. 8 | No. 26 |
Examples subcategories | Help people | Wants to learn | Developed critical thinking | Wants to practice | Seeking evidence | Bad role models | Realizes own limits | Knows how to apply theory |
Possibilities | Manage practical work | Learned a lot | Learn for real | Changed professional view based on knowledge | Negligence | Gained lot of knowledge | Awareness | |
Visible result | Changed approach to nursing | Questions the business | Humility | Constantly searching for new knowledge | ||||
Example generic categories | Make a difference | Belief in oneself | Theoretically equipped | Need experience | Want to influence | Reality shock | Feeling prepared | Exciting and scary |
Main categories | Anticipation | Prepared for internship | Deepened understanding | Insight | ||||
Overarching theme | Ready but not fully trained | |||||||