Experience of Conflict in Three Shift Nurses Rearing more than Two Kids: Phenomenological Study.
10.4069/kjwhn.2018.24.3.252
- Author:
Jeung Im KIM
1
;
Jeong Won YEOM
;
Sun Kyung PARK
;
Hyun Hee JEONG
;
Uhm Joo MIN
;
Sun Hwa PARK
;
Jung Mi LEE
;
Young Sun YEOM
Author Information
1. Professor, School of Nursing, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Shift work schedule;
Nurses;
Hospitals;
General;
Emotions;
Qualitative research
- MeSH:
Caregivers;
Child;
Hospitals, General;
Humans;
Life Change Events;
Qualitative Research
- From:Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing
2018;24(3):252-264
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To understand the essentials of rearing conflict experience by three shift nurses in advanced general hospitals. METHODS: The design was a qualitative research of phenomenology. Participants were 7 shift nurses working in advanced general hospitals who were rearing young children. Data were collected individually through in-depth interview on their life experiences. Data were analyzed by Colaizzi's phenomenological methodology. RESULTS: Eighteen themes were drawn from 256 meaningful experiences and these themes were integrated to six theme clusters. The most influencing themes were ‘Regret that I cannot satisfy even the slightest wish’, ‘Fail to care for kids’, and ‘Mutual feeling to care giver between appreciation and inconvenience’. Other themes were as follows: ‘Body and mind are broken’, ‘The need for a three-shift system to support nurses who are rearing children’, ‘Doing my best for work and child rearing’. CONCLUSION: The nature of three-shift nurses working in advanced hospital and caring kids is explained as ‘lives with conflict’ between work and home. This study suggests it is necessary to establish a 24-hour care center for 3-shift nurses to keep working while rearing their children.
