Career Transition and Identity Development in Academic Nurses: A Qualitative Study

IF 1 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Journal of Constructivist Psychology Pub Date : 2021-06-23 DOI:10.1080/10720537.2021.1936711

M. Aguayo-González, C. Weise

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Abstract

Abstract Previous studies have demonstrated that nurses’ transition to academia is complex and influences the construction of their professional identity. The aim of this study was to analyze the construction of academic nurses’ identities within the framework of dialogical self theory, especially the internal positions they deployed and the main contradictions they faced during professional transitions. A qualitative multiple-case study was conducted and fieldwork was performed between September and December 2016. The participants were three academic nurses working at different Spanish universities. The nurses wrote narrative diaries for 4 months and three interviews were conducted before, during, and after the diary writing. The main tensions identified concerned their I-positions within the research and teaching spheres. Nursing research is still linked or subordinated to other professional contexts. In the teaching sphere, the main tensions involved the assessment process. Transitioning to the teaching sphere requires specialized training in research and teaching skills, as well as specific support to enable nurses to meet multiple challenges and foster their professional development. Thus, this study highlights the need to refocus future nurses’ training by reevaluating the academic field and the need for specific programs to enhance the transition from clinical practice to academia for future academic nurses.

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高校护士职业转型与身份发展的定性研究

摘要以往的研究表明，护士向学术界的转变是一个复杂的过程，影响着护士职业认同的构建。本研究旨在分析在对话自我理论框架下专科护士身份的建构，特别是专科护士在职业转型过程中所部署的内部立场和面临的主要矛盾。在2016年9月至12月期间进行了定性多案例研究并进行了实地调查。参与者是三名在西班牙不同大学工作的学术护士。护士连续4个月写记事日记，在写日记前、写日记中、写日记后分别进行了3次访谈。确定的主要紧张关系涉及他们在研究和教学领域的i -position。护理研究仍然与其他专业背景相联系或从属于其他专业背景。在教学领域，主要的紧张关系涉及评估过程。向教学领域的过渡需要在研究和教学技能方面的专门培训，以及使护士能够应对多种挑战并促进其专业发展的具体支持。因此，本研究强调需要通过重新评估学术领域来重新关注未来护士的培训，并需要特定的课程来加强未来学术护士从临床实践到学术的过渡。

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Journal of Constructivist Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

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期刊介绍： Psychology and related disciplines throughout the human sciences and humanities have been revolutionized by a postmodern emphasis on the role of language, human systems, and personal knowledge in the construction of social realities. The Journal of Constructivist Psychology is the first publication to provide a professional forum for this emerging focus, embracing such diverse expressions of constructivism as personal construct theory, constructivist marriage and family therapy, structural-developmental and language-based approaches to psychology, and narrative psychology.