Touching male patients - The challenge of orthodox Jewish female nursing students: A phenomenological study.
Culture
Male patient
Nursing student
Orthodox Jew
Touch
Journal
Nurse education today
ISSN: 1532-2793
Titre abrégé: Nurse Educ Today
Pays: Scotland
ID NLM: 8511379
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2022
Oct 2022
Historique:
received:
31
01
2022
revised:
10
06
2022
accepted:
30
06
2022
pubmed:
18
7
2022
medline:
17
8
2022
entrez:
17
7
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Individuals from minority populations represent a growing percentage of the nursing workforce. Orthodox Jewish nurses are part of the Israeli nursing workforce, but scarce data and little research is available regarding the influence of nurses'; religious and cultural backgrounds on their interactions with patients. Research regarding touch between the sexes in a professional context refers mainly to male nurses touching female patients. The cultural context of touching patients has also been poorly investigated. Understanding orthodox Jewish female nursing student's experience of touching male patients. Qualitative study. Four academic nursing programs in Israel. Forty orthodox Jewish female nursing students, academic year 3-4. Descriptive phenomenological approach. Forty in depth semi-structured interviews were undertaken and analyzed according to themes. Eight categories were identified. From these, three main themes emerged: Supervisor-student relationship (bullying/abuse), negative personal feelings (loneliness/helplines, lack of support, fears, cognitive dissonance) and coping strategies (being tested by God, improving one's self character, positive personal reflection). These students presented with unique challenges facing male patients - which clinical instructors were unaware of. They used their cultural background as a source of power. Findings may be of global relevance for other nursing schools and health services where nurses come from religious backgrounds.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Individuals from minority populations represent a growing percentage of the nursing workforce. Orthodox Jewish nurses are part of the Israeli nursing workforce, but scarce data and little research is available regarding the influence of nurses'; religious and cultural backgrounds on their interactions with patients. Research regarding touch between the sexes in a professional context refers mainly to male nurses touching female patients. The cultural context of touching patients has also been poorly investigated.
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVE
Understanding orthodox Jewish female nursing student's experience of touching male patients.
DESIGN
METHODS
Qualitative study.
SETTINGS
METHODS
Four academic nursing programs in Israel.
PARTICIPANTS
METHODS
Forty orthodox Jewish female nursing students, academic year 3-4.
METHOD
METHODS
Descriptive phenomenological approach. Forty in depth semi-structured interviews were undertaken and analyzed according to themes.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Eight categories were identified. From these, three main themes emerged: Supervisor-student relationship (bullying/abuse), negative personal feelings (loneliness/helplines, lack of support, fears, cognitive dissonance) and coping strategies (being tested by God, improving one's self character, positive personal reflection).
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
These students presented with unique challenges facing male patients - which clinical instructors were unaware of. They used their cultural background as a source of power. Findings may be of global relevance for other nursing schools and health services where nurses come from religious backgrounds.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35842970
pii: S0260-6917(22)00199-X
doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2022.105463
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doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
105463Informations de copyright
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