Conscientious and proud but challenged as a stranger: Immigrant nurses’ perceptions and descriptions of the Norwegian healthcare system
| Autor: | Kari Dahl, Kristian Larsen, Vibeke Lohne, Kirsti Jæger Dahlen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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030504 nursing
business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Perspective (graphical) Immigration General Medicine Norwegian language.human_language 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Nursing language media_common.cataloged_instance Medicine Narrative 030212 general & internal medicine European union 0305 other medical science business Social constructivism Cultural competence media_common Healthcare system |
| Zdroj: | Nordic Journal of Nursing Research. 37:143-150 |
| ISSN: | 2057-1593 2057-1585 |
| Popis: | The number of nurses in Norway educated outside of the European Union is increasing. The purpose of this study is to explore how immigrant nurses, all educated as nurses in their home countries, experience working as a nurse in Norway. The study has a qualitative design with a social constructivist perspective and is based on written narratives from open-ended questions representing 144 nurses from 18 different counties. Two main themes based on patterns from the participants’ text were constructed: ‘conscientious and proud as nurses’ and ‘impressed but challenged as strangers’. The findings are discussed in relation to research in cultural understanding. Immigrant nurses contribute with important knowledge and cultural competence to nursing and the Norwegian healthcare system, but there are also challenges. More knowledge is needed in education, research and in individual institutions about the contributions and challenges immigrant nurses bring with them. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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