Sometimes I Get So Extremely Tired”
Sámi Healthcare Staff Experiences of Cultural Load in Practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15736705 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tove Mentsen Ness (0000-0002-2124-5387, Nord University, corresponding author), Grete Mehus (0000-0002-9615-499X, UiT The Arctic University of Norway) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Pages | 23333936241273256-23333936241273256 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Qualitative Nursing Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2333-3936 • E-ISSN: 2333-3936 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/23333936241273256 |
| PMID | 39351590 |
| OpenAlex | W4402575252 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 37 |
The study aim was to explore how Sámi healthcare staff experience working as an ethnic minority in the Norwegian healthcare system. This was a qualitative focus group and individual interview study inspired by interpretive description, with 14 participants. The results indicate that Sámi healthcare staff experience various degrees of cultural load in their jobs. This was shown through the two themes: "Feeling responsible for Sámi patients and non-Sámi colleagues" and "Feeling exhausted as a Sámi healthcare worker." To provide culturally safe care for all Sámi patients and their families, it is vital to ensure the well-being of the small number of Sámi healthcare personnel. Therefore, we emphasize the need for training programs for non-Sámi healthcare staff to provide them with the knowledge needed to support their encounters with Sámi patients in culturally safe ways. Sámi healthcare staff cannot take all responsibility for teaching their non-Sámi colleagues and acting as cultural mediators in all situations that non-Sámi staff find challenging. The risk of cultural load and burnout is very present. Nursing departments in universities and leaders in primary and secondary healthcare need to address these issues in order to ensure culturally safe care to all patients and support Sámi healthcare staff
Burnout · Cultural competence · Cultural diversity · Ethnic group · Feeling · Focus group · Health care · Norwegian · Pedagogy · Political science · Qualitative research · Sociology · Clinical Psychology · Cultural Competency in Health Care · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology
Enhancing health care equity with Indigenous populations
First Nations Women’s Encounters with Mainstream Health Care Services
Indigenous and tribal peoples' health (The Lancet–Lowitja Institute Global Collaboration)
Interpretive Description
The history of Sámi nursing education and the path toward regulations on a national guideline for Sámi nursing education in Norway
Constructing Good Nursing Practice for Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada
Indigenous Sami Family Caregivers’ Experiences With Accessing and Collaborating With Municipal Health and Care Services
Race’ matters
Assimilation of the Sami - Implementation and Consequences1
The Analytic Challenge in Interpretive Description
Privilege, Decentring and the Challenge of Being (Non-) Indigenous in the Study of Indigenous Issues
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |