Fathers face difficulties when taking on the single parent role, including having to prove their ability to care for their children alone. Existing research does not address issues concerning single fathers and the stressors they experience in raising their children. This study addresses these issues and helps researchers understand single fathers by using a qualitative approach to understand their perception of parenting. Fourteen participants from New York City participated in semi-structured interviews to elicit information about this phenomenon. This study focused on experiences the men have while being a single parent, the impact of living in New York City on single fathers parenting, and helpful services for single fathers. After completion of the interviews, each discussion was input into the memos section of Nvivo for use in the analysis phase. Interviews were separated into descriptive nodes addressing each area of interest. Data was then dissected into subnodes, which assisted in determining the themes, represented by participant responses. The last analysis step included the establishment of important ideas for each of the three research questions. The findings show fathers experience stressors when being a single parent as they identified childcare, the absence of the child's mother, finances, housing, medical insurance, and communication issues as stress factors. Surprisingly, a majority of the participants felt living in New York positively impacted their parenting. Although a majority of the participants identified stress as part of their parenting experience, all the fathers identified services as a practical tool to help them improve their parenting. Several implications for positive social change after completing this research study include helping providers understand the needs of this population, and identifying the need for support to help improve parenting for this population.

Syftet med studien var att beskriva yrkeserfarna sjuksköterskors upplevelser av att arbeta med och stödja nyutexaminerade sjuksköterskor. En kvalitativ och beskrivande design användes. Undersökningsgruppen bestod av åtta kvinnliga sjuksköterskor från ett sjukhus i mellansverige. Huvudresultatet visade att de yrkeserfarna sjuksköterskorna var nöjda med nyutexaminerade sjuksköterskors arbetsinsats. En viktig aspekt var att nyutexaminerade sjuksköterskor frågade vid osäkerhet för att känna tillit. Sjuksköterskorna ansåg att stöd och uppskattning för att komma in i arbetet och gemenskapen var viktigt för att nyutexaminerade sjuksköterskor skulle känna sig trygga. Trots att sjuksköterskorna upplevde att nyutexaminerade sjuksköterskor var snabblärda, duktiga och nyfikna på att ta in ny lärdom i yrket, kom det dock fram att det fanns svårigheter att fokusera och prioritera rätt. Genomgående ansågs nyutexaminerade sjuksköterskor fokusera mer på dokumentation än omvårdnadsarbetet. Sjuksköterskorna betonade att mer praktik behövdes i grundutbildningen för att bättre förbereda nyutexaminerade sjuksköterskor i klinisk verksamhet. Vidare framkom det att längre introduktionstid behövdes i klinisk verksamhet för att komma in i rutinerna och sjuksköterskerollen. Slutsatsen visade att yrkeserfarna sjuksköterskor var nöjda med arbetsinsatsen från nyutexaminerade sjuksköterskor. Det ansågs viktigt att fråga vid osäkerhet och att mer fokus behövdes på omvårdnadsarbetet. Mer praktik ansågs nödvändigt för att lättare klara av den kliniska verksamheten. / The aim of the study was to describe professional experienced nurses' experiences of working with and supporting newly qualified nurses. A qualitative and descriptive design was used. The study group consisted of eight female nurses from a hospital in central Sweden. The main results showed that the professional experienced nurses were satisfied with the graduates’ nurses’ job performance. An important aspect was that newly qualified nurses asked if unsure to feel confident. The nurses felt that support and appreciation to get into work and community was important for newly qualified nurses to feel safe. Although the nurses felt that newly qualified nurses were quick to learn, skilled and curious to take on new learning in the profession, was however shown that there were difficulties to focus and 0Tprioritize the right0 Consistentlyconsidered graduates nurses to focus more on documentation than nursing. The nurses emphasized that more training was needed in basic education to better prepare graduate nurses for clinical practice. It was also found that longer introduction where needed in clinical practice to get into the routine and the nursing role. The conclusion showed that experienced nurses were satisfied with the effort from newly graduates’ nurses. It was considered important to ask if in doubt and that more focus was needed on nursing. More training was needed to help manage the clinical operations.

The intention of my studies is to explore the field of musical learning from the pupil's point of view. This master thesis is the second of two Grounded Theory studies based on interviews.In study no1 Learning of music from the pupils' point of view (Pemsel, 2009) I asked ten pupils, soon to be graduates, to express their own experience of musical learning. The selection of informants was made after reading a questionnaire an- swered by a group of 60 pupils attending different programs at a typical Swedish upper secondary school. The ten selected informants had all chosen several music courses their latest years in school. The questionnaire had two purposes; one was to construct musical profiles of the pupils, the other was to select informants for the interviews. The pupils were asked how much, and what kind of music educa- tion they had experienced. They were also asked to describe good and bad memo- ries of music education. The selected informants had all chosen to attend several music courses in their final years at school. They had in the questionnaire shown that they could express themselves in terms of learning music, and also that they had both positive and negative memories of musical learning environments. The most interesting findings in the first study were the personal navigation and the different choices the pupils made during their way towards musical learning. They learned music in a way that could be compared to the balls movements in a "flipper game", changing directions aiming to find knew musical knowledge. This was all illustrated in The Map of Musical Learning.In study no 2 Music and learning, young adults perspective of music education, I interviewed five post pupils 19-25 years old. They had as pupils chosen to learn something else other than music in upper secondary school. To select informants the so-called "snowball method" was used. A web questionnaire was made in purpose to profile the informants. "The Map of Musical Learning" was used to create an equal dialogue in the interviews. During the interview the Informants were asked to construct their own maps, and explain what that picture symbolised in their lives. In study no 2 I've been looking for answers on the following ques- tions; –What are pupils’ views on music and learning, and on what grounds do students select other courses over music? The results showed that not choosing music could be an active choice toward other interests. The choice not to continue taking music lessons was due to different levels (depending on informant) of neg- ative experiences. Some informants had good experiences of expressing them- selves in other art forms, but not in music. Others didn’t need music teachers; they were experienced and could learn on their own. From pupil's point of view music education could be improved, but the beginner and the experienced music pupil expressed different needs of teaching methods. They all felt that they were not surveyed how they wanted to learn music.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:24:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-01-28Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:31:40Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 aquino_lla_me_arafcl.pdf: 716891 bytes, checksum: f9a8d2e3edc25eebdedc754557abfe6b (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Secretaria de Educação / A intenção central da presente pesquisa foi compreender o trabalho docente fora da situação de sala de aula e voltado para o preparo e organização do ensino. As questões de pesquisa que impulsionaram o estudo foram: Como as professoras utilizam o tempo de trabalho em que não estão lecionando? Que fatores interferem na forma como as professoras usam este tempo de trabalho, que se destina ao planejamento e revisão das aulas? O tempo prescrito pela legislação para o trabalho pedagógico fora da sala de aula é suficiente para que consigam realizar as atividades necessárias à prévia organização do ensino? Os objetivos da pesquisa residem na caracterização das atividades pertinentes à função docente realizadas por professoras alfabetizadoras fora do tempo e do espaço de aula; na identificação das prescrições legais no que tange ao tempo e às atividades destinados ao preparo do ensino, bem como suas relações com o trabalho efetivamente realizado. O estudo foi realizado em uma escola estadual de ensino fundamental, com cinco professoras alfabetizadoras, sendo duas iniciantes e três experientes na profissão. De natureza qualitativa, a pesquisa ocorreu em 2007. Foram utilizados os procedimentos de revisão bibliográfica, observação, questionário, entrevista, produção escrita dos sujeitos participantes e análise de material de trabalho dos mesmos, além da análise de documentos. Como resultados ao se contrastar o trabalho de professoras iniciantes e de professoras experientes, verificaram-se nítidas diferenças entre as mesmas na forma de organização do ensino e no emprego do tempo de trabalho fora da escola, voltado para o preparo das aulas. As demandas externas ao trabalho de sala de aula, tais como, as tarefas burocráticas e o uso do HTPC, interferem na forma e no tempo que as docentes destinam ao preparo do ensino conduzindo a uma sensação... / The present research had as main objective to understand the educational work outside the classroom situation and directed towards the teaching preparation and organization. The research issues that had directed the study had been the following: How do the teachers use their work time when they are not teaching? Which factors interfere in the way teachers use this work time, that is destined to lesson planning and review? Is time destined by the legislation for the pedagogical work outside the classroom enough so that they could carry out the activities necessary to the previous teaching organization? The research aims consist in the characterization of the activities related to the teaching function carried out by literacy teachers out of the lesson time and space; in the identification of the legal prescriptions related to time and to the activities destined to the teaching preparation, as well as their relationship with the work effectively accomplished. The qualitative research was carried out in 2007 in a primary state school, with five literacy teachers – two beginner teachers and three experienced teachers in the profession. The procedures such as bibliographical review, observation, questionnaire, interview, the participants’ written production and analysis of their work material were used, besides the documental analysis. As a result from contrasting the beginner teachers’ to the experienced teachers’ work, clear differences in the way they organize their teaching work and the way the use their time outside the school to prepare their lessons had been verified. The external demands to the classroom’s work, such as, the bureaucratic tasks and the use of the collective pedagogical working hours, intervene in the form and in the time that the teachers destine to the preparation of teaching, leading to a constant sensation of lack of time. Despite they perceive... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Context: Games involve people to a large extent where they relate themselves with the game characters; this is commonly known as game immersion. Generally, some players play games for enjoyment, some for stress relaxation and so on.Game immersion is usually used to describe the degree of involvement with a game. When people play games, they don’t necessarily realize that they have been dissociated with the surrounding world. Real world dissociation (RWD) can be defined as the situation where a player is less aware of the surroundings outside the game than about what is happening in the game itself. The RWD factor has been expected to measure the losing track of time, lack of awareness of surroundings and mental transportation. Objectives: In this thesis, we measure and compare the difference in game immersion between experienced and inexperienced players using RWD factor. In addition, the study involves exploring the significance of game immersion and various approaches used to measure it. Methods: In this study literature review has been carried out to explore the meaning of game immersion and further user studies in the form of an experiment has been conducted to measure game immersion between experienced and inexperienced gamers. The game immersion has been measured using the real world dissociation (RWD) factor. After the experiment has been conducted, a statistical technique has been carried out to measure the difference in game immersion among the two groups. Results:The empirical investigation on the measurement of game immersion has been done using RWD factor. The results state that the significance value is less than 0.05 and hence null hypothesis is rejected for both the games. The measurable difference has been calculated by using Cohen’s d effect size between experienced and inexperienced players. The Cohen’s d value between experienced players and inexperienced players for Dota 2 is 0.7423 and CS:GO is 0.8383. Conclusions: After analyzing the data and calculating the effect size, the overall results state that inexperienced group of players are more immersed than the experienced group of players when measured by RWD factor. Hence it can be concluded that irrespective of the game played, inexperienced players are more dissociated from the real world than the experienced players.

The focus of this thesis was the hedonic value of stimuli, which is more commonly known as pleasure or positive affect. First, the scientific meaning of hedonic value was dissected. Second, a classification identifying core causes of positive affect was created. The classification was derived from specific positive moments reported by individuals throughout a day (collected through experience sampling methodology). Seventeen triggers of positive affect were identified, which were extracted from the data rather than originating from theory. Third, affective influences on reflexive-like motor responses were investigated using an approach-avoidance task. Contrary to previous studies, approach reaction times were not speeded by highly affective stimuli. Instead, a novel non-emotional effect was found on reaction times, which could directly explain the current results, and those of previous studies, in non-affective terms. Fourth, the propagation of hedonic reactivity from pleasurable to neutral stimuli was investigated. Contrary to expectations, the evaluative conditioning procedure utilised did not exhibit a phenomenon called blocking. Instead, 'liking' spread non-selectively to all stimuli co-occurring with the source hedonic stimulus. Fifth, the positive effect of pleasure on goal-directed motivation was established: participants were found to press a food trigger harder for highly palatable snacks compared to bland snacks, even though participants were not informed about the hidden measurement of forces. Additionally, the impact of hedonic value on actual food intake was quantified with best-fit equations that predicted consumption at both the group and individual level. In the last study, hedonic habituation, or the inhibitory effect of pleasure on itself, was demonstrated: eating pleasant snacks, as compared to bland ones, reduced the hedonic ratings of test foods that were consumed afterwards. Finally, these inputs and outputs of hedonics were integrated into a model specifying principal roles of pleasure in human behaviour. This pleasure-incentive model explains the effects of pleasure on incentive motivation, and makes important predictions about the mechanisms of pathological conditions such as over-eating and drug addiction.

Comment notre cerveau traite l’information de la récompense, et comment un tel traitement est influence par des paramètres tels que la probabilité et le risque sont devenues des questions cruciales des neurosciences cognitives. De plus, des recherches récentes suggèrent un effet modulateur d’un certain nombre d’hormones sur le cerveau et sur le comportement, et également qu’un dysfonctionnement du système de récompense pourrait expliquer des comportements addictifs tels que le jeu pathologique. Durant cette thèse, nous avons eu recours à de l’EEG stéréotaxique (SEEG) et à une combinaison d’Imagerie à Résonnance Magnétique fonctionnelle (IRMf) et d’endocrinologie pour réaliser trois études s’intéressant au traitement de la récompense chez des sujets sains, chez des patients souffrant d’épilepsie chez qui des macroélectrodes ont été implantées, et chez des joueurs pathologiques. Ensemble, nos études améliorent la compréhension de nouveaux aspects du traitement de la récompense chez les sujets sains, chez les patients épileptiques, et chez les joueurs pathologiques / How our brain processes reward information and how such processing is influenced by parameters such as reward probability and risk have become key questions in cognitive neuroscience. In addition, recent researches suggest a modulatory effect of a number of hormones on brain and behavior and a dysfunction of the reward system in a number of behavioral addictions, such as gambling disorder. This Ph.D. used intracranial EEG (iEEG) and combined Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and endocrinology to perform four studies investigating reward processing in healthy subjects, patients with epilepsy implanted with depth electrodes and individuals with gambling disorder. Together, our series of studies advance our understanding of new aspects concerning reward processing in healthy subjects, patients with epilepsy and individuals with gambling disorder

Submitted by Nadir Basilio (nadirsb@uninove.br) on 2018-07-23T18:20:19Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Diogo Henrique Magalhães Gonçalves.pdf: 1521507 bytes, checksum: 0d42f8a3b94345ef905deb7a85a90628 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-07-23T18:20:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Diogo Henrique Magalhães Gonçalves.pdf: 1521507 bytes, checksum: 0d42f8a3b94345ef905deb7a85a90628 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-12-07 / The reproducibility of scapular kinematics has already been tested intra- and inter-sessions and intra- and inter-days, however, these evaluations were only performed by experienced evaluators and the majority of studies included only one evaluator. Thus, the comparison between evaluators with different levels of experience has not yet been explored, leaving doubts as to the accuracy of the evaluation results when performed by different evaluators. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the reproducibility inter and intra-rater, experienced and inexperienced, during flexion and abduction movements of the arm for the scapula, humerus, and trunk segments. Kinematic data were captured during flexion and abduction movements of the arm using a system of 8 cameras and a sampling frequency of 120 Hz. In total, twenty healthy volunteers were evaluated (10 men and 10 women), with an average age of 25.1 (1.1) years, who underwent 6 sessions of movement analysis. Each evaluator carried out three sessions, two sessions on the first day, with a three-hour interval between them, and the third session on the second day, twenty-four hours after the first day. For each session, 5 repetitions of each movement, unilateral abduction and flexion of the arm, were performed. Statistical analysis was performed by an independent evaluator and the Shapiro-Wilk test was used for data distribution. The reproducibility of the range of motion and angular values at angles of 30º, 60º, 90º, and 120º was verified through the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and standard measurement error (SEM). The values obtained for the angles 30°, 60°, 90°, and 120° intra-day ranged from 0.67-0.98 and (0.58° to 5.64°) for the inexperienced evaluator and from 0.67° to 0.98° and (0.64° to 6.17°) for the experienced evaluator in the flexion movement. During the abduction movement the values obtained at angles of 30°, 60°, 90°, and 120° intra-day ranged from 0.75° to 0.96° and (0.51° to 4.93°) for the inexperienced evaluator and from 0.62° to 0.97° and (0.66° to 6.58°) for the experienced evaluator. The model presented good to excellent intra-day reproducibility for both evaluators in the flexion and abduction movements of the arm. Inter-day values in flexion varied from 0.41° to 0.88° and (0.64° to 6.17°) for the inexperienced evaluator and 0.72° to 0.95° and (0.67° to 4.31°) for the experienced evaluator. In the inter-day abduction movement, values ranged from 0.33° to 0.91° and (0.74° to 6.60°) for the inexperienced evaluator and 0.72° to 0.98° and (0.73° to 5.01°) for the experienced evaluator. The reproducibility of the inexperienced evaluator presented from weak to excellent in the arm flexion movement and poor to excellent in abduction of the arm. The reproducibility for the experienced evaluator was good to excellent for flexion and abduction of the arm between the scapula, humerus, and trunk segments in healthy adults. The results showed that there is no difference between evaluators in the intra-day evaluations; however, on an inter-day basis the experienced evaluator obtained better reproducibility results, demonstrating that a difference in levels of experience between evaluators is of fundamental importance to obtain reproducible results on different days. However, we emphasize the importance of performing further studies, with different movements and patients, performed by two or more evaluators. / A reprodutibilidade da cinemática escapular já foi testada intra e inter-sessões e intra e inter-dias, porém essas avaliações foram realizadas apenas por avaliadores experientes e a maioria dos estudos com apenas um avaliador. A comparação entre avaliadores com diferentes níveis de experiência ainda não foi explorada, deixando dúvidas quanto a precisão dos resultados da avaliação se realizadas por diferentes avaliadores. O objetivo do presente estudo foi avaliar a reprodutibilidade inter e intra-avaliadores, com diferentes níveis de experiência, nos movimentos de flexão e abdução do braço para os segmentos da escápula, úmero e tronco. As capturas dos dados de cinemática foram realizadas utilizando um sistema de 8 câmeras e frequência de amostragem de 120Hz durante os movimentos de flexão e abdução do braço. Foram avaliados 20 voluntários saudáveis (10 homens e 10 mulheres) com idade média de 25.1 (±1.1) anos, que foram submetidos à 6 sessões de análise do movimento. Cada avaliador realizou três sessões, duas sessões realizadas no primeiro dia com intervalo de três horas entre elas e a terceira sessão foi realizada no segundo dia, 48 horas após o primeiro dia. Para cada sessão foram realizadas 5 repetições de cada movimento, abdução e flexão unilateral do braço. A análise estatística foi realizada por um avaliador independente, para distribuição dos dados, foi utilizado o teste de Shapiro-Wilk, A reprodutibilidade da amplitude de movimento e dos valores angulares nos ângulos de 30º, 60º, 90º e 120º do braço foi verificada pelo coeficiente de correlação intraclasse (ICC) assim como o erro de medida padrão (SEM). Os valores obtidos nos ângulos de 30°, 60°, 90° e 120° intra-dia variaram de 0,67-0,98 e (0,58° à 5,64°) para o avaliador inexperiente e variaram de 0,67-0,98 e (0,64° à 6,17°) para o avaliador experiente, no movimento de flexão. Durante o movimento de abdução os valores obtidos nos ângulos de 30°, 60°, 90° e 120° intra-dia variaram de 0,75-0,96 e (0,51° à 4,93°) para o avaliador inexperiente e variaram de 0,62-0,97 e (0,66° à 6,58°) para o avaliador experiente. O modelo apresentou de boa a excelente reprodutibilidade, intra-dia para ambos os avaliadores nos movimentos de flexão e abdução do braço. Os valores obtidos inter-dias na flexão variaram de 0,41 a 0,88 e (0,64° a 6,17) para o avaliador inexperiente e de 0,72 a 0,95 e (0,67° a 4,31°) para o avaliador experiente. No movimento de abdução inter-dias os valores variaram de 0,33 a 0,91 e (0,74° a 6,60°) para o avaliador inexperiente e de 0,72 a 0,98 e (0,73° a 5,01°) para o avaliador experiente. Apresentando a reprodutibilidade do avaliador inexperiente de fraca a excelente no movimento de flexão do braço e pobre a excelente na abdução do braço. A reprodutibilidade para o avaliador experiente foi de boa a excelente para a flexão e abdução do braço entre os segmentos da escápula, úmero e tronco em adultos saudáveis. Mostrando que não há diferença entre avaliadores nas avaliações intra-dia, porém inter-dias o avaliador experiente obteve melhores resultados de reprodutibilidade, mostrando que a diferença de níveis de experiência entre os avaliadores é de fundamental importância para se ter resultados reprodutíveis em diferentes dias. Entretanto devemos ressaltar a importância de mais estudos serem realizados, com diferentes movimentos e pacientes, realizados por dois ou mais avaliadores.

Bakgrund: Intimt partnervåld där mäns våld mot kvinnor förekommer är ett folkhälsoproblem, och ett hot mot kvinnors hälsa. Inom hälso- och sjukvård är sjuksköterskan ofta den som initialt möter kvinnor utsatta för våld.   Syfte: Syftet med litteraturöversikten var att belysa upplevelser hos sjuksköterskor i mötet med våldsutsatta kvinnor inom hälso- och sjukvård.  Metod: Databassökningen genomfördes i databaserna Cinahl och PubMed. Totalt svarade 18 artiklar mot studiens syfte. Artiklarna kvalitetsgranskades enligt granskningsmallarna för kvalitativ och kvantitativ metod som är modifierade utifrån Forsberg och Wengström (2008) och Willman, Stoltz och Bahtsevani (2006). De 18 artiklarna utgjorde resultatet. Artiklarna lästes och bearbetades både enskilt och tillsammans för att identifiera likheter.   Resultat: Resultatet i litteraturöversikten baseras på två huvudteman vilka är upplevelser och hinder. Resultatet baseras även på sex underteman, vilka är professionella upplevelser och upplevelser som påverkar sjuksköterskan privat, som går under huvudtemat upplevelser. De återstående fyra underteman går under hinder och är miljö, tidsbrist, fördomar och okunskap.  Slutsatsen: Våld mot kvinnor är ett stort samhällsproblem samt hälsoproblem. Sjuksköterskor upplever ett känsloengagemang i mötet med våldsutsatta kvinnor. Det uttrycks ett behov från sjuksköterskor i form av stöd och kunskap om hur de ska gå tillväga i detta mötet och ett behov av att motarbeta de hinder som föreligger. Det behövs gedigen utbildning om kvinnovåld för att arbeta mot fördomar, skapa tydligare riktlinjer, stärka arbetet och för att sjuksköterskorna ska känna ett stöd och en trygghet om osäkerhet i mötet uppstår. / Background: Intimate partner violence from men against women is a public health problem, and the biggest threat to women's health. In health care, the nurse is often the one who initially meets women exposed to violence.  Aim: The aim of the literature review was to describe the experiences of nurses encountering with abused women within healthcare  Method: Cinahl and pubmed were used in the search of articles. A total of 18 articles responded to the study's purpose. The articles were reviewed for quality  according to the review templates for qualitative and quantitative methods that were modified based on Forsberg and Wengström (2008) and Willman, Stoltz and Bahtsevani (2006). The 18 articles constituted the result. The articles were read and processed both individually and together to identify similarities.  Results: The results in the literature review are based on two main themes which are experiences and obstacles. The result is also based on six sub-themes, which are professional experiences and experiences that affect the nurse privately, which goes under the main theme experiences. The remaining four sub-themes goes under the main theme obstacles and are environment, lack of time, prejudice and ignorance.  Conclusion: Violence against women is a major social and health problem. Nurses experience several emotional feelings when encounter with abused women. A need is expressed by nurses in the form of support and knowledge of how to proceed in the meeting with abused women and a need to work against the obstacles that exist. Thorough education about abused women is needed to work against prejudice, to create guidelines, to strengthen the work and for the nurses to feel support and a sense of security in the meeting.

Aims and objectives: To describe newly graduated nurses’ experiences of the intervention practitioner training nurse.  Background: Newly graduated nurses need support to establish the profession. Several studies have shown that the first years in the profession, is the most challenging time. Method: The intervention practitioner training nurse was initiated to empower, and support newly graduates nurses in their professional role. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with ten newly graduate nurses having experience of the intervention. The data were analysed using qualitative content analysis. Results: The analysis results in the overarching theme; “Organizational prerequisites” The theme consisted of three categories, "Activator" comprised the subcategories compiliating and attractive workplace. This involved that the practitioner training nurse were the activator creating a clear structure and the wards became more attractive workplaces. “Supportive nursing" comprised the subcategories present assistance, emotional support, and patient safety. This involved that practitioner training nurse constituted an important support function and helped to ensure patient safety. “Professional development” comprised the subcategories nurse's competence, feeling of security, and learning. This created the opportunity for professional development. Conclusion: The newly graduate nurses' experience of the intervention shows that the creation of an organisational structure enabled the practitioner training nurse to be an important support and to contribute to professional development. This was accomplished by strategic decision of the hospital management. Relevance to practice: The results of the current study can be transferred to other similar healthcare organizations and can be a support for managers who plan to initiate interventions to empower and support newly graduated nurses.