Nurses as guests or professionals in home health care

• The aim of this study was to explore and interpret the diverse subject of positions, or roles, that nurses construct when caring for patients in their own home. Ten interviews were analysed and interpreted using discourse analysis. The findings show that these nurses working in home care constructed two positions: 'guest' and 'professional'. They had to make a choice between these positions because it was impossible to be both at the same time. An ethics of care and an ethics of justice were present in these positions, both of which create diverse ethical appeals, that is, implicit demands to perform according to a guest or to a professional norm.

Ämnesord

NATURVETENSKAP  (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

home care

nursing

discourse analysis

INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS Caring sciences Nursing

TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN Vårdvetenskap Omvårdnad

Caring Sciences

omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning

discourse analysis; ethical appeal; guest or professional; home nursing care

INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS Caring sciences

TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN Vårdvetenskap

Vårdvetenskap

Vårdvetenskap

Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Nursing

Tvärvetenskapliga studier Omvårdnad

NATURAL SCIENCES

NATURVETENSKAP

ethical appeal

guest or professional

home nursing care

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