Factors Involved in Praxis in Nursing Practice: A Qualitative Study

Rafii, Forough and Nikbakht Nasrabadi, Alireza and Javaheri Tehrani, Fereshteh (2021) Factors Involved in Praxis in Nursing Practice: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Caring Sciences, 11 (2). pp. 83-93. ISSN 2251-9920

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Abstract

Introduction: Praxis is a process of applying knowledge in nursing practice to advance emancipatory goals in society and in the world and to eliminate any injustice and discrimination in care. Praxis requires the coherent application of patterns of knowing in nursing practice; however, understanding nursing knowledge is complex and using experiential knowledge alone cannot help us achieve it. The aim of this study was to determine the factors involved in praxis in nursing practice.

Methods: The method adopted was qualitative. The researcher interviewed 19 nurses and attended eight observation sessions in different hospital departments. The findings were analyzed using conventional content analysis.

Results: Findings from analyzing interviews and observations indicated that desirable and humanistic attributes and effective nurse-patient communication are facilitators of praxis. In contrast, prejudice, occupational barriers, negative thoughts, and discriminatory beliefs are barriers of praxis in nursing practice.

Conclusion: If we consider praxis as the simultaneous application of all patterns of knowing alongside efforts to create social justice, factors that drive nurse performance toward social justice, facilitate praxis, and factors that contribute to varied degrees of discrimination and injustice, inhibit praxis. By identifying these factors, nurses may identify and eliminate social justice barriers to care.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Open Research Librarians > Medical Science
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Date Deposited: 03 Jun 2023 09:05
Last Modified: 30 Jan 2024 06:52
URI: http://stm.e4journal.com/id/eprint/1088

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