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Rethinking ethnography: reconstructing nursing relationships.

E Manias1, A Street

  • 1School of Postgraduate Nursing, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia. e.manias@nursing..unimelb.edu.au

Journal of Advanced Nursing
|February 13, 2001
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Critical ethnography, enhanced by poststructural analysis, offers valuable insights into nurse relationships and research practices. This methodology helps uncover hidden dynamics within healthcare settings.

Area of Science:

  • Nursing Research
  • Qualitative Methodology
  • Healthcare Studies

Background:

  • Critical ethnography is increasingly adopted in nursing research.
  • Concerns exist regarding researcher subjectivity and the negotiation of participant realities.
  • Poststructuralist critiques highlight the importance of discourse, subjectivity, and power in research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore research practices and dilemmas in critical ethnography.
  • To examine nurse-nurse and nurse-doctor interactions in critical care.
  • To integrate poststructural analysis into critical ethnography.

Main Methods:

  • Professional journalling by the lead researcher.
  • Participant observation in a critical care setting.

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  • Interviews (individual and focus groups) with nurse participants.

    • Main Results:

    • Valuable insights into previously hidden nurse relationships were generated.
    • The study informed the analysis of ethnographic texts.
    • Methodological concerns included researcher/participant subjectivity and the construction of ethnographic truth.

    Conclusions:

    • Critical ethnography with poststructural analysis yields deep insights into interpersonal dynamics.
    • This approach enhances the critical examination of research practices and findings.
    • It provides a framework for understanding power and subjectivity in nursing research.