Abstract
Communication is the medium through which nursing is practiced. Despite the centrality of communication to nursing, there is limited knowledge about how vulnerability is manifested through language. This study aimed to examine the negotiation of vulnerability in the interaction between culturally mis-matched home care nurse-patient dyads. Face work (Brown & Levinson, 1987) was the conceptual framework. The research questions were; identify care-giving activities and patterns of interaction; communicative contexts of vulnerability; manifestation and negotiation of vulnerability, and personal and organizational influences on vulnerability. Three self-selected home care nurses identified culturally mis-matched patients. Eight patients participated, creating ten nurse-patient dyads.
Sigma Membership
Non-member
Lead Author Affiliation
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Descriptive/Correlational
Research Approach
Qualitative Research
Keywords:
Home Care Nurses, Nurse-Patient Interactions, Communication, Culture Beliefs
Advisor
Afaf Meleis
Second Advisor
Holly S. Wilson
Third Advisor
Virginia Olesen
Fourth Advisor
Yoshiko Matsumoto
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
University of California, San Francisco
Degree Year
2000
Recommended Citation
Spiers, Judith A., "Saving face: Expressing and negotiating vulnerability in culturally mis-matched home care nurse-patient dyads" (2022). Dissertations. 314.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/314
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2022-06-08
Full Text of Presentation
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Description
This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 9996565; ProQuest document ID: 304599592. The author still retains copyright.