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Identity, metaphors, and power

N Cunningham

    Awhonn'S Clinical Issues in Perinatal and Women'S Health Nursing
    |January 1, 1993
    PubMed
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    Nurses can improve their professional identity and ethical reflection by examining and changing the metaphors used to describe their roles. This involves addressing power dynamics in individual, professional, and institutional settings.

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    Area of Science:

    • Nursing
    • Professional Ethics
    • Sociology of Professions

    Background:

    • Nurses frequently question their professional identity, often framing it as a dichotomy between accountability and employment.
    • These identity evaluations are influenced by underlying metaphors that may or may not reflect the reality of nurses' power dynamics.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To analyze the metaphors nurses use when evaluating their professional identities.
    • To explore how these metaphors relate to nurses' experiences of power and powerlessness.
    • To propose strategies for enhancing nurses' ethical reflection through metaphorical change.

    Main Methods:

    • Metaphor analysis of common questions nurses ask about their roles.
    • Conceptual analysis of power dynamics within nursing contexts.

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  • Exploration of ethical reflection and its relationship to professional identity.

    • Main Results:

    • The questions nurses ask reflect underlying metaphors that can perpetuate feelings of powerlessness.
    • Metaphors can inaccurately represent the complex power structures affecting nurses.
    • Changing these metaphors offers a pathway to improved ethical self-awareness.

    Conclusions:

    • Nurses can enhance their ethical reflection by critically examining and consciously altering the metaphors used to define their professional identity.
    • Addressing power dynamics through metaphorical reframing is crucial at individual, professional, and institutional levels.
    • A shift in metaphorical understanding can empower nurses and improve their ethical decision-making.