Circumpolar Nursing

ISBN-13: 9783838340791 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 132 str.

Nina Sivertsen

Opis

This book is based on a study that explored Sámi nurses culture, identity and traditions in their practice in rural, arctic areas of Norway. Overall, ruralism was not considered a challenge, but connected to decreased recruitment and retention of workforce. Appreciating traditional ways of nursing and healing, a strong sense of separating what was allowed at work/private time was conveyed, causing a view of their nursing job as something Norwegian, and perhaps a little un-Sámi. Challenges were perceptions of self-worth among Sámi people themselves, language problems, and a sense of lack of understanding of their Sámi culture from non-Sámi colleagues. All had clear visions of uniting in a Sámi nursing organization to enhance themselves as a group. Advice for existing or prospective nurses: Reflect and be aware of your Sámi background. A central finding was for the discipline of nursing in Norway, Sámi nurses perspectives clearly need to be considered. Not only for improving cross-cultural and cross-linguistic difficulties, but also for increasing numbers of the Sámi workforce itself. Particularly to appreciate more fully the contribution Sámi nurses might make to Sámi health.

O autorze

Nina Sivertsen RN,BNg(Hons),PhD Cand,Flinders University,Australia. Anchored in qualitative research interests of postcolonial circumstances within an Indigenous paradigm her field is Indigenous Health and Sámi culture in Norway, contributing to the growing literature of Indigenous research by Indigenous researchers in a global context.