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Nursing rituals: doing ethnography

Z R Wolf

    NLN Publications
    |August 1, 1993
    PubMed
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    Nursing rituals, including therapeutic and occupational, are vital symbolic actions that support patient care and professional socialization. Understanding these rituals highlights the often-overlooked complexities and value of nursing work.

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    Area of Science:

    • Nursing Science
    • Sociology of Professions
    • Medical Anthropology

    Background:

    • Nursing rituals are symbolic actions crucial for patient care and professional development.
    • These rituals, often invisible, support nurses in caring for diverse patient populations.
    • Understanding rituals illuminates the hidden, challenging aspects of nursing work.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To identify and describe types of nursing rituals: therapeutic and occupational.
    • To explicate the implicit meanings and functions of nursing rituals.
    • To highlight the need for further research into nursing ritual theory and practice.

    Main Methods:

    • Descriptive analysis of nursing rituals.
    • Identification of therapeutic rituals (healing actions) and occupational rituals (socialization).

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  • Review of existing literature on nursing rituals and related sociological concepts.

    • Main Results:

    • Nursing rituals are categorized as therapeutic (improving patient condition) and occupational (professional socialization).
    • Rituals reaffirm nurses' values and beliefs, facilitating caring activities for acutely ill, chronically ill, elderly, and dying patients.
    • Descriptive analysis reveals the often-unrecognized difficult, intimate, and risky aspects of nursing work facilitated by rituals.

    Conclusions:

    • Further research is needed to develop explanatory theories of nursing ritual.
    • Specific areas for investigation include change-of-shift reports, patient bathing effects, and societal perceptions of nursing.
    • Nurses' association with death and technology warrants further study to establish standards for end-of-life care.