The experience of nurses working within a volontary network : a qualitative study of health care for undocumented migrants

• Purpose: To illuminate the experience of nurses providing healthcare to undocumented migrants in a voluntary network. Methods and sample: In a qualitative study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with RNs regarding their experience of providing healthcare 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 institutionalized injustice in the conventional healthcare system.

Nyckelord

dilemmas

ethics

migrants

undocumented migrants

meaning

voluntary work

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