What school nurses strive to achieve for themselves in order to remain in practice: A qualitative study
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https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3059716Utgivelsesdato
2022Metadata
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Mæland, L. H., Oftedal, B. F., & Kristoffersen, M. (2023). What school nurses strive to achieve for themselves in order to remain in practice: A qualitative study. Nursing Open, 10(2), 665-672. 10.1002/nop2.1333Sammendrag
Aim
This study aims to describe and interpret what it is school nurses strive to achieve for themselves in order to remain in practice.
Design
A qualitative study with a hermeneutic approach.
Method
The data were collected by means of in-depth interviews with 15 Norwegian school nurses on two separate occasions and analysed using a phenomenological hermeneutic method.
Results
The analysis resulted in the following themes: (1) trusting your own professional ability, (2) aspiring to appreciation and (3) accomplishing self-care. These themes were reflected in the school nurses' choices and actions and were regarded as an expression of what was of value to them as a nurse. Thus, the nurses' realizing what they strived to achieve for themselves can comprehensively be understood as a good of higher value for their remaining in nursing practice.