Juggling a way of being: A grounded theory of how one group of nurses navigates tension among personal and professional values 'in the moment'

摘要: Despite nursing’s espoused professional values of caring and social justice, some patients are stigmatized receive discriminatory nursing care. There is a gap in existing literature about how nurses deal with the tension they experience when personal collide. The purpose this study was to generate substantive theory process that use faced clinical practice affects their behaviour. Using constructivist grounded methodology informed by symbolic interactionism critical theory, Juggling Way Being co-constructed data obtained through interviews registered (n=8) who provide frontline care an emergency department Atlantic Canada. study’s findings revealed fraught as nurse participants assimilated internal external stressors, adjusted patient-centered/nurse-centered lens according interpretation situation, achieved point action or inaction. Implications for administration, education research discussed.