Nurses' voices

In this paper the authors analyse aspects of the qualitative data from open-ended questionsincluded in the RN Survey 2002. The authors discuss the changes wrought by New PublicManagement (NPM) in the Australian and WA health sectors. They argue that therequisites of NPM and managerialism are not nec...

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Main Authors: Nowak, Margaret, Bickley, Maureen
Format: Working Paper
Published: Curtin University of Technology 2005
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23637
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description In this paper the authors analyse aspects of the qualitative data from open-ended questionsincluded in the RN Survey 2002. The authors discuss the changes wrought by New PublicManagement (NPM) in the Australian and WA health sectors. They argue that therequisites of NPM and managerialism are not necessarily consistent with the historical roleof professionalism in the delivery of health care and of nursing as a health profession. Thenurses? qualitative responses are analysed using the framework from NPM andmanagerialism as a means to develop understanding of the issues and concerns expressedby nurses. The paper identifies three areas of dissonance: professional dissonance, careerchoice dissonance and ideological dissonance. It argues that, as a result, nurses emotionallyand professionally resist what has been termed ?the instrumental motivations ofmanagerialism?.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-236372017-01-30T12:38:20Z Nurses' voices Nowak, Margaret Bickley, Maureen In this paper the authors analyse aspects of the qualitative data from open-ended questionsincluded in the RN Survey 2002. The authors discuss the changes wrought by New PublicManagement (NPM) in the Australian and WA health sectors. They argue that therequisites of NPM and managerialism are not necessarily consistent with the historical roleof professionalism in the delivery of health care and of nursing as a health profession. Thenurses? qualitative responses are analysed using the framework from NPM andmanagerialism as a means to develop understanding of the issues and concerns expressedby nurses. The paper identifies three areas of dissonance: professional dissonance, careerchoice dissonance and ideological dissonance. It argues that, as a result, nurses emotionallyand professionally resist what has been termed ?the instrumental motivations ofmanagerialism?. 2005 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23637 Curtin University of Technology fulltext
spellingShingle Nowak, Margaret
Bickley, Maureen
Nurses' voices
title Nurses' voices
title_full Nurses' voices
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title_full_unstemmed Nurses' voices
title_short Nurses' voices
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url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23637