Yrkesidentitet: en intervjustudie med sjuksköterskor inom psykiatrisk vård
2015 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesisAlternative title
Professional identity : an interview study with nurses in psychiatric care (English)
Abstract [sv]
Bakgrund: Sjuksköterskor verksamma inom psykiatrisk vård upplever svårigheter med att artikulera sin yrkesidentitet. Bakgrunden beskriver sjuksköterskans roll inom psykiatrisk vård ur ett historiskt samt nutida perspektiv. Bakgrunden visar att sjuksköterskor tenderar att lämna den psykiatriska vården när de upplever att deras kompetens inte tas tillvara, vilket i förlängningen även drabbar patienterna.
Syfte: Syftet var att beskriva hur sjuksköterskor yrkesverksamma inom psykiatrisk vård uppfattar sin yrkesidentitet
Metod: Fem sjuksköterskor intervjuades med hjälp av ostrukturerade intervjuer. Kvalitativ design användes i studien.
Resultat: Resultatet presenteras i temat en komplex yrkesidentitet samt tre kategorier: att vårda unika människor, att vara arbetsledare och den egna utvecklingen samt åtta underkategorier
Diskussion: Resultatet diskuteras utifrån Imogene Kings begrepp roll, organisationer, auktoritet, makt, status och stress, samt utifrån genusteoretiskt perspektiv.
Abstract [en]
Background:Nurses working in psychiatric care experience difficulty in articulating their professional identity. The background describes the role of the nurse in psychiatric care from a historical and contemporary perspective. The background shows that nurses tend to leave the psychiatric care when they feel their skills are not utilized, which in turn also affects the patients.
Aim: The aim of the study was to describe how nurses working in psychiatric care understand their professional identity
Methods: Five nurses where interviewed with the help of unstructured interviews. A qualitative design was used for the study.
Result: The results are presented in the theme a complex professional identity and the three categories: nurturing unique people, to be supervisors and their own development as well as eight subcategories
Discussions: The results are discussed from Imogene King's conceptual role, organizations, authority, power, status and stress, and on the basis of gender theory perspective.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2015. , p. 41
Keywords [en]
Professional identity, professional role, nurse, psychiatric nurse, psychiatric care
Keywords [sv]
Yrkesidentitet, yrkesroll, sjuksköterska psykiatrisjuksköterska, psykiatrisk vård
National Category
Nursing
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-4536OAI: oai:DiVA.org:esh-4536DiVA, id: diva2:800167
Educational program
Postgraduate Diploma in Specialist Nursing - Mental Health Care
Uppsok
Medicine
Supervisors
Examiners
2015-04-082015-04-012015-05-08Bibliographically approved