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http://dx.doi.org/10.7739/jkafn.2016.23.4.448

An Ethnography on Daily Lives of Nurses in Emergency Departments  

Ha, Jae-Hyun (Department of Nursing, Masan University)
Park, Hyoung-Sook (College of Nursing, Pusan National University)
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Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing / v.23, no.4, 2016 , pp. 448-459 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: This ethnographic study was conducted to explore and understand the meaning of the daily life of nurses in emergency departments. Objectives for this study were to identify and describe the true nature of emergency room nurses' daily experience and create a theoretical model based on the findings. Methods: Data were collected through in-depth interviews and participants observation. These data were recorded and transcribed verbatim with consent of the informants, 10 nurses who had cared for patients in emergency rooms. Data were collected between November 2013 and October 2014. Interviews continued until no new information could be identified from transcripts. Data were analyzed using the taxonomic analysis method developed by Spradley. Results: Based on the data acquired from interviews, nurses' cultural domains were classified as 'extensity of emergency room nurses', 'temporality of emergency room nurses', 'relationships among emergency room nurses' and 'becoming an emergency room nurses'. Conclusion: The daily culture of emergency room nurses could be summarized as 'busy daily life amidst confusion'. However, many nurses boosted their self-esteem by taking care of patients' collaboration with fellow nurses. In other words, nurses in emergency room forms a dynamic culture and pursue professionalism, rather than a simple chaotic daily life culture.
Keywords
Emergency room; Nurses; Life; Ethnography; Qualitative research;
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