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Linda Horne Maeland1, Bjørg Frøysland Oftedal1, Margareth Kristoffersen1
1Faculty of Health Science, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway.
Aim:
This study aims to describe and interpret what it is school nurses strive to achieve for themselves in order to remain in practice.
Design:
A qualitative study with a hermeneutic approach.
Method:
The data were collected by means of in-depth interviews with 15 Norwegian school nurses on two separate occasions and analysed using a phenomenological hermeneutic method.
Results:
The analysis resulted in the following themes: (1) trusting your own professional ability, (2) aspiring to appreciation and (3) accomplishing self-care. These themes were reflected in the school nurses' choices and actions and were regarded as an expression of what was of value to them as a nurse. Thus, the nurses' realizing what they strived to achieve for themselves can comprehensively be understood as a good of higher value for their remaining in nursing practice.
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