Concerns of graduating baccalaureate nursing students

Senior baccalaureate nursing students (N = 397) just weeks away from graduation were asked to complete the ''Worry Clinic Form.'' This form invites subjective responses from the students' perspectives about their ''current'' and ''greatest-to-date'' professional concerns. Content analysis was used to determine the categories of these concerns. Categories of both current and greatest-to-date professional concerns were (1) functioning as a competent registered professional nurse and (2) the environment of work.