Certified Nurse Assistants Making Meaning of Direct Care
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5454886 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan G Pfefferle (Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA), Dana Beth Weinberg (0000-0001-6106-951X, City University of New York, New York, New York, USA) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 952-961 |
| Publication date | 2008-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Health Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1049732308318031 |
| PMID | 18552321 |
| PMCID | PMC2715163 |
| OpenAlex | W2145188772 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 20 |
Using qualitative data from 87 focus groups with certified nurse assistants (CNAs) in 16 nursing homes in Massachusetts, we explore ways that CNAs make meaning of their work despite devaluations, such as lack of respect from management and residents, and the physical and emotional demands of such low-status work. CNAs' meaning making represents an effort to assert a positive identity rather than accept the stigmatization associated with their work. Assertions of the value help CNAs reconstitute their identities. Assertions of meaning, which depend upon providing good care to residents regardless of financial reward or management respect and support, make CNAs vulnerable to exploitation
Certification · Focus group · Political science · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Sociology · Computer Science · Emotional Labor in Professions · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology
Qualitative analyses of nursing home residents’ quality of life from multiple stakeholders’ perspectives
Institutionalized ghosting
Making sense of violence and victimization in health care work
Gender (in)equality among employees in elder care
Conceptualising body work in health and social care
The Tensions Between Hidden Work and Hiding Work for Care Workers in Residential Aged Care
Interactions and Relationships in Long Term Care
Health Against the Odds
Regulation and Mindful Resident Care in Nursing Homes
"Experiencing "The Other Side
The deleterious consequences of privatization and outsourcing for hospital support work
The Evolving Self
Qualitative evaluation and research methods
Making the best of it
The evolving self
Nurse Assistant Mental Models, Sensemaking, Care Actions, and Consequences for Nursing Home Residents
Meaning making, communities of practice, and analytical toolkits
Central Problems in Social Theory
Asylums
Tenuous Relationships
Emotional Labor and Organized Emotional Care
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,65 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |