I think that partly depends on the practice area of the nurse.

Certainly, Benner's Professional Advancement Model is, I think, the classic in the novice to expert discussion.

There are articles out there:

FKowitlawakul, Yanika; From novice to expert. Singapore Nursing Journal, 2013 Jul-Sep; 40 (3): 43-6. (journal article) ISSN: 0218-0995

Dale, Juanita Conkin; Drews, Barbie; Dimmitt, Paula; Hildebrandt, Evelyn; Hittle, Kristin; Tielsch-Goddard, Anna; Novice to Expert: the evolution of an advanced practice evaluation tool. Journal of Pediatric Healthcare, 2013 May; 27 (3): 195-201. (journal article) ISSN: 0891-5245 PMID: 22226737

From Novice to Expert: Chien-Hao Chen; Tzu Chi Nursing Journal, 2013 May; 7: 82-4. (journal article - anecdote, pictorial) ISSN: 1683-1624

Robert, Ruth R.; Petersen, Sandra; Critical thinking at the bedside: Providing safe passage to patients. MEDSURG Nursing, 2013 Mar-Apr; 22 (2): 85-118. (journal article - case study, research, systematic review, tables/charts) ISSN: 1092-0811 PMID: 23802494

A response to: Gardner (2012) From Novice to Expert: Benner's legacy for nurse education. Nurse Education Today 32 (4) 339–340.

McHugh MD; Lake ET; Understanding clinical expertise: nurse education, experience and hospital context. Research in Nursing & Health, 2010 Aug; 33 (4): 276-87. (journal article - equations & formulas, research, tables/charts) ISSN: 0160-6891 PMID: 20645420

Christensen M; Hewitt-Taylor J; From expert to tasks: Expert nursing redefined? Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2006 Dec; 15 (12): 1531-9. (journal article) ISSN: 0962-1067 PMID: 17118075

Bitanga, Marina E.; Austria, Madeleine; Climbing the clinical ladder - one rung at a time. Nursing Management, 2013 May; 44 (5): 23-7. (journal article - pictorial) ISSN: 0744-6314 PMID: 23612683

Jose, the original work that was done to define Novice nurse vs competent nurse and so forth was Patricia Benner's from Novice to Expert. The book came out some time in 1986.

Thank you so much, Susan Ahrens, Melissa Barthold, and Judie Arulappan for helping me!

Best regards,

José

I agree with Melissa Barthold. She suggested relevant references. You may also refer to the following materials:

Catalano, T. Nursing Now. Today’s Issues, Tomorrow’s Trends.

Hayes, J. and Blais, K. Professional Nursing Practice: Concepts and Perspectives.

Kozier, B., Erb, G., & Blais, K. Professional Nursing Practice: Concepts and Perspectives.

Salyer, J. & Hamric, A. Evolving and Innovative Opportunities for Advanced

Practice Nursing.

Books on Leadership and Management in Nursing

I attached framework developed from study findings on redefined nurses' role and scope of practice in the Philippines. Hope attachment is relevant to your study. Best wishes.

I think you should look at Patricia Benner's seminal work on this topic when she was teaching at the University of California, San Francisco. I believe her articles do give both conceptual and operational definitions of a novice to expert nurse. She does have her own publications on the topic. She is the expert on this topic.

I agree with our colleagues who suggested to look at Patricia Benner's novice to expert model. The Benner’s novice to expert model includes five levels of practice (novice, advanced beginner, competent, proficient and expert) where nurses are situated in the performance of roles. Each level of practice is differentiated from the previous levels by hierarchy of thinking, judgment, behavior and experience. I attached Framework on Levels and Role Expectations and Education Trajectory For Nurse Practitioner in the Philippines. This framework is based on the findings of my study on Redefined Nurses’ Roles and Scope of Practice: Basis for Innovations in Managing Nursing Graduate Education.

One of the aspects that it considers most relevant in the study of Patricia Benner is to fit a logical research practice to emerging theory; results emerge from practice to provide a theoretical explanation of what nurses actually do.

I fully agree with the study by Benner to answer the initial question.