Abstract

The purpose of the current study was to explore nurses' lived experiences floating in an acute health care facility within a large southern city of the United States. Husserl's transcendental approach assisted in capturing the essence of floating as a lived phenomenon occurring in the nurses' natural work environment.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 10102626; ProQuest document ID: 1786671612. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Marie-Paule M. Lafontant, PhD, RN

Sigma Membership

Unknown

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Phenomenology

Research Approach

Qualitative Research

Keywords:

Floating, Nursing Work Experiences

Advisor

Dean Blevins

Second Advisor

Charlene Romer

Third Advisor

Paul G. Ward

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

University of Phoenix

Degree Year

2016

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2017-04-13

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