Overcoming strangeness and communication barriers: a phenomenological study of becoming a foreign nurse
Overcoming strangeness and communication barriers: a phenomenological study of becoming a foreign nurse
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1466-7657.2005.00421.x
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发表时间：
2005-12-01
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
Magnusdottir, H.
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作者：
Magnusdottir, H.
背景：本文介绍了一项探索外籍护士在冰岛医院工作的生活经历的研究。目的：目的是为了加深对这一经历的理解，无论是为了当地还是国际目的。方法：指导这项研究的方法论是温哥华现象学学派。抽样是有目的的，包括来自7个国家的注册护士。数据是通过对话收集的；分析是专题的。结果：研究结果分五个主题呈现，描述了经历的本质，总的主题是通过经历陌生感和交流障碍成长。第一个主题描绘了护士如何应对和应对多重最初的挑战。第二个主题中描述的挑战之一是成为局外人，需要被允许进入。第三个主题探讨了护士遇到的语言障碍，第四个主题探讨了不同的工作文化。第五章阐述了护士如何最终克服这些挑战并取得成功。结论：调查结果及其国际背景表明，语言对个人和职业福祉的重要性，以及语言和文化是如何密不可分的。
Background: This paper presents a study that explored the lived experience of foreign nurses working at hospitals in Iceland.Aim: The aim was to generate an understanding of this experience both for local and international purposes.Method: The methodology that guided the study was the Vancouver school of doing phenomenology. Sampling was purposeful and consisted of I I registered nurse from seven countries. The data were collected in dialogues; the analyses were thematic.Findings: The findings are presented in five main themes that describe the essence of the experience with the overall theme of Growing through experiencing strangeness and communication barriers'. The first theme portrays how the nurses met and tackled the multiple initial challenges. One of the challenges, described in the second theme, was becoming outsiders and needing to be let in. The third theme explores the language barrier the nurses encountered and the fourth theme the different work culture. The fifth then illuminates how the nurses finally overcame these challenges and won through.Conclusion: The findings and their international context suggest the importance of language for personal and professional well-being and how language and culture are inseparable entities.