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Taken for granted: normalizing nurses' work in hospitals.

Ann-Marie Urban1

  • 1University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada.

Nursing Inquiry
|May 15, 2013
PubMed
Summary

Nurses

Area of Science:

  • Nursing Studies
  • Sociology of Healthcare
  • Organizational Behavior in Hospitals

Background:

  • Historical nursing work has been characterized by adverse conditions.
  • Contemporary hospital environments perpetuate these challenging working conditions.
  • Sociopolitical factors and historical ideologies shape nursing practice.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine how prevailing ideologies and sociopolitical conditions influence nurses' work in hospitals.
  • To analyze the normalization of adverse working conditions as an inherent part of nursing.
  • To investigate the role of patriarchal power and nurses' altruism in sustaining these conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative analysis of historical and contemporary nursing work.
  • Discourse analysis of institutional practices and ideologies.
Keywords:
Nurses' workdiscoursehospital conditionsideologypower

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  • Examination of how external pressures shape nursing roles.

    • Main Results:

    • Patriarchal power structures and nurses' altruistic tendencies normalize difficult hospital conditions.
    • Cost containment, overcapacity, and short staffing exacerbate existing issues.
    • Despite changes in appearance, core challenges in hospital work for nurses remain consistent.

    Conclusions:

    • The normalization of adverse conditions in nursing sustains the power of hospital institutions.
    • Prevailing ideologies and institutional discourses render these normalized conditions invisible.
    • Understanding these dynamics is crucial for improving nurses' working environments.