in the ward areas. Newly qualified nurses are eligible to work in band 5 roles. Nurses can then progress onto a Band 6 and then onto a Band 7 and above. As staff progress they will be required to take on more responsibilities and managerial types roles. Band 7 (who tend to be in a position of management such as a Ward Manager). The mean length of the interviews was45 minutes, but they varied from 20 minutes to 60 minutes. Table 1: Participant Criteria Inclusion criteria Exclusion criteria Must be a registered qualified nurse Auxiliary nurses or nursing assistants Must be clinical and ward based Bank or agency nurses (medical or surgical) Nurses not fluent in English Must have a minimum of Nurses who do not have 2 years two years’ experience of nursing as a qualified nursing experience nurse Nurses who had only recently Nurses who are fluent in English returned to work after a prolonged Nurses who are contracted to work on absence (more than 6 months) the ward Non clinical nurses A semi-structured interview guide was developed and used during the face-to-face individual interviews. The questions were structured around key themes: these being the role of nursing and their relationships with management; financial accountability; efficiency; impact of targets and monitoring; policies; working conditions and consumerism. For example, with regards to policy, participants were does the term policy mean to simply asked ‘what you?’ The themes explored within this article were not asked about specifically, but, rather emerged from the data during analysis. The interviews were either audio recorded or notes taken at time of interview (if consent for recording was not given (as occurred in three interviews). The transcriptions were analysed using QSR NVivo 8 software. Once fieldwork had been completed, a set of thematic categories (cf. Ritchie 2008) were developed. Further themes were also identified et al. throughout the analysis process.. This research study has been an exploration for understanding and has not been about achieving quantifiable results. The interpretive
in the ward areas. Newly qualified nurses are eligible to work in band 5 roles. Nurses can then progress onto a Band 6 and then onto a Band 7 and above. As staff progress they will be required to take on more responsibilities and managerial types roles. Band 7 (who tend to be in a position of management such as a Ward Manager). The mean length of the interviews was45 minutes, but they varied from 20 minutes to 60 minutes. Table 1: Participant Criteria Inclusion criteria Exclusion criteria Must be a registered qualified nurse Must be clinical and ward based (medical or surgical) Must have a minimum of two years’ experience of nursing as a qualified nurse Nurses who are fluent in English Nurses who are contracted to work on the ward Auxiliary nurses or nursing assistants Bank or agency nurses Nurses not fluent in English Nurses who do not have 2 years nursing experience Nurses who had only recently returned to work after a prolonged absence (more than 6 months) Non clinical nurses A semi-structured interview guide was developed and used during the face-to-face individual interviews. The questions were structured around key themes: these being the role of nursing and their relationships with management; financial accountability; efficiency; impact of targets and monitoring; policies; working conditions and consumerism. For example, with regards to policy, participants were simply asked ‘what does the term policy mean to you?’ The themes explored within this article were not asked about specifically, but, rather emerged from the data during analysis. The interviews were either audio recorded or notes taken at time of interview (if consent for recording was not given (as occurred in three interviews). The transcriptions were analysed using QSR NVivo 8 software. Once fieldwork had been completed, a set of thematic categories (cf. Ritchie et al. 2008) were developed. Further themes were also identified throughout the analysis process.. This research study has been an exploration for understanding and has not been about achieving quantifiable results. The interpretive