The experience of nurses working within a voluntary network : A qualitative study of health care for undocumented migrants
(2017) In Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 31(2). p.285-292- Abstract
Purpose: To illuminate the experience of nurses providing health care to undocumented migrants in a voluntary network. Methods and sample: In a qualitative study, semistructured interviews were conducted with RNs regarding their experience of providing health care to undocumented migrants within a voluntary network. The interview transcripts were analysed using the inductive method of content analysis. Findings: Three main categories emerged - structural inadequacy, ethical dilemmas and challenges, and personal impact and insights. The informants were driven by a strong ethical approach and a great sense of responsibility as human beings and as nurses. Conclusion: Engaging with the voluntary network allowed the informants to cope with... (More)
Purpose: To illuminate the experience of nurses providing health care to undocumented migrants in a voluntary network. Methods and sample: In a qualitative study, semistructured interviews were conducted with RNs regarding their experience of providing health care to undocumented migrants within a voluntary network. The interview transcripts were analysed using the inductive method of content analysis. Findings: Three main categories emerged - structural inadequacy, ethical dilemmas and challenges, and personal impact and insights. The informants were driven by a strong ethical approach and a great sense of responsibility as human beings and as nurses. Conclusion: Engaging with the voluntary network allowed the informants to cope with their frustration and feelings of inadequacy which emerged when confronted with institutionalised injustice in the conventional healthcare system.
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- Sandblom, Maria and Mangrio, Elisabeth LU
- publishing date
- 2017
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Dilemmas, Ethics, Meaning, Migrants, Undocumented migrants, Voluntary work
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- Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
- volume
- 31
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 285 - 292
- publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
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- pmid:27292203
- scopus:84978701433
- ISSN
- 0283-9318
- DOI
- 10.1111/scs.12343
- language
- English
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- 57d1ed75-d8d2-42dc-8768-07ec56017e72
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- 2016-08-02 14:24:01
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