Abstract

The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the meaning that acute care, bedside nurses' assign to their autonomous actions. A feminist critique of the nursing work environment was applied using standpoint theory. This was balanced and supplemented by a post-modern critique using Foucault's method of assessing power and knowledge in relation to the discipline of a profession. This study was designed to explore how issues of gender, knowledge, and power affected participants' interpretations of their autonomous actions. This study used a qualitative, phenomenological approach with an emergent design. Purposive sampling was used to find registered nurses currently working in acute care settings and whose only form of practice was the provision of direct patient care.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3712269; ProQuest document ID: 1707661544. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Rebekah Dubrosky, PhD, RN

Sigma Membership

Eta Nu

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Phenomenology

Research Approach

Qualitative Research

Keywords:

Acute Care Nurses, Direct Patient Care, Autonomy

Advisor

Mary Jo Baisch

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Degree Year

2015

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None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2020-09-04

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