Protecting Professional Composure in Transcultural Pediatric Nursing

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ID4712847
AuthorsPernilla Pergert (0000-0002-4210-855X, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden), Solvig Ekblad (0000-0002-8073-5415, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden), Karin Enskär (0000-0002-8910-1013, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden), Olle Björk (Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden)
Year2008
Volume18
Issue5
Pages647-657
Publication date2008-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1049732308315736
PMID18337617
OpenAlexW2112996986
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited32

In this qualitative study, we used grounded theory to explore the category of "overwhelming emotional expressions" that emerged in a previous study. Using theoretical sampling, 12 individual interviews were conducted with nurses in Swedish pediatric care. Overwhelming emotional expressions have been found to override nurses' professional preparedness; they continuously resolve this by protecting professional composure. Various strategies are used to protect professional composure, including rationalizing, controlled expression, power display, escape/avoidance, distancing, sharing, and management of space. Some of these strategies are similar to coping strategies. However, they differ in that they are about managing the situation and also include protecting the professional composure of the individual as well as the whole care situation. Nurses need to gain preparedness to meet overwhelming emotional expressions in transcultural care and to be aware of strategies for protecting professional composure so as to use them consciously and positively

Distancing · Preparedness · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Sociology · Cultural Competency in Health Care · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Nursing · Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice

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