Role Theory: A framework to investigate the community nurse role in contemporary health care systems
Nurses' perceptions of their role are influenced by societal attitudes, government policies and trends in professional issues. Dynamic factors in contemporary health environments challenge traditional nursing roles, in particular those of community nurses. Role theory is a conceptual framewor...
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| author | Brookes, K. Davidson, Patricia Daly, J. Halcomb, E. |
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| description | Nurses' perceptions of their role are influenced by societal attitudes, government policies and trends in professional issues. Dynamic factors in contemporary health environments challenge traditional nursing roles, in particular those of community nurses. Role theory is a conceptual framework that defines how individuals behave in social situations and how these behaviours are perceived by external observers. This paper reviews the role theory literature as a conceptual framework to explore community nurses' perceptions of their role. Three theoretical perspectives of role theory have emerged from the literature review: (i) social structuralism; (ii) symbolic interactionism; and (iii) the dramaturgical perspective. These philosophical perspectives provide a useful framework to investigate the role of community nurses in the contemporary health care system. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-380282017-02-28T01:48:39Z Role Theory: A framework to investigate the community nurse role in contemporary health care systems Brookes, K. Davidson, Patricia Daly, J. Halcomb, E. Conceptual framework Community nurses Models of care Role theory Nurses' perceptions of their role are influenced by societal attitudes, government policies and trends in professional issues. Dynamic factors in contemporary health environments challenge traditional nursing roles, in particular those of community nurses. Role theory is a conceptual framework that defines how individuals behave in social situations and how these behaviours are perceived by external observers. This paper reviews the role theory literature as a conceptual framework to explore community nurses' perceptions of their role. Three theoretical perspectives of role theory have emerged from the literature review: (i) social structuralism; (ii) symbolic interactionism; and (iii) the dramaturgical perspective. These philosophical perspectives provide a useful framework to investigate the role of community nurses in the contemporary health care system. 2007 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38028 www.contemporarynurse.com.au eContent Management restricted |
| spellingShingle | Conceptual framework Community nurses Models of care Role theory Brookes, K. Davidson, Patricia Daly, J. Halcomb, E. Role Theory: A framework to investigate the community nurse role in contemporary health care systems |
| title | Role Theory: A framework to investigate the community nurse role in contemporary health care systems |
| title_full | Role Theory: A framework to investigate the community nurse role in contemporary health care systems |
| title_fullStr | Role Theory: A framework to investigate the community nurse role in contemporary health care systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Role Theory: A framework to investigate the community nurse role in contemporary health care systems |
| title_short | Role Theory: A framework to investigate the community nurse role in contemporary health care systems |
| title_sort | role theory: a framework to investigate the community nurse role in contemporary health care systems |
| topic | Conceptual framework Community nurses Models of care Role theory |
| url | www.contemporarynurse.com.au http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38028 |