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Alharbi, FS, 2024. The professionalisation of tissue viability nurses in Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, and Egypt. PhD, Nottingham Trent University.
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Abstract
In recent times the status and reach of nursing has dramatically improved to levels where nurses can now be seen as authentic and legitimate producers of globally relevant healthcare knowledge in various areas of speciality including tissue viability. Yet there are still notable gaps in the status and professional credibility of nurses and the perceived value of their knowledge in different geographical locations. This thesis consequently sets to explore the professional status of nurses in four Middle Eastern countries (Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, and Egypt) relating to wound management and skin integrity. It aims to explore the barriers and facilitators that influence developing specialist nurses in tissue viability and skin integrity through the concept of professionalisation. This research uses an exploratory qualitative approach to serve its aims and provide an in-depth understanding related to the absence of nursing specialisation in tissue viability in Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, and Egypt. A purposive and snowball sampling identified the relevant key decision makers and gatekeepers in the chosen countries hospital directors, nurses in clinical and administration positions, doctors, and policymakers. Primary data was collected using semi-structured in-depth interviews between November 2021 to November 2022. A total of 32 interviews were conducted exploring the current and actual practices related to wound management and skin integrity in Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, and Egypt. Thematic analysis was used for data analysis. A number of critical issues related to conducting research during the time of the pandemic and the impact of power on operations and organisational structure in the research are reflected. The research findings contribute to understanding the wider structural, cultural, and social forces that influence on the development of nursing professionalisation, in Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, and Egypt, and specifically to developing specialist tissue viability nurses. The findings from this research can be used as a reference for future research in healthcare from those countries reflected upon or the themes can be expanded to research other geographical locations and socio-political spaces.
| Item Type: | Thesis |
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| Creators: | Alharbi, F.S. |
| Contributors: | Name Role NTU ID ORCID |
| Date: | July 2024 |
| Rights: | The copyright in this work is held by the author. You may copy up to 5% of this work for private study, or personal, non-commercial research. Any re-use of the information contained within this document should be fully referenced, quoting the author, title, university, degree level, and pagination. Queries or requests for any other use, or if a more substantial copy is required, should be directed to the author. |
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences |
| Record created by: | Laura Ward |
| Date Added: | 23 Aug 2024 10:53 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Aug 2024 10:53 |
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/52080 |
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