Brown, R. B. and Brooks, I. (2002) The temporal landscape of night nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 39(4), pp. 384-390. 1365-2648.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Abstract: | Aims of the study. The study arose secondarily from a study with a different primary purpose (to consider attitudes towards the implementation of changes to working practices). Its aim is to provide a ‘map’ of the temporal landscapes of night nurses. Background. Our temporal landscapes are made up of recognizable domains, with permeable borders – private time and public time, home time and work time, past, present and future time, cyclical time. Just as a geography of space contains recognizable natural features – rivers, deserts, mountains – and features created by human beings – canals, roads, skyscrapers – so our temporal landscape contains natural features – day and night, the seasons – and features created by us – the ordering of social, economic, legal, and organizational time into, among others, the practices of family life, financial periods, and workloads. Methods. Data were collected during longitudinal ethnographic research – observation, formal interviews, informal conversations – with the emphasis on areas such as shift work, workload, and the temporal aspects of caring. Conclusions. The result is the production of a map, albeit a rough one, of the temporal landscape inhabited by night nurses as they go about their working lives. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | time in organizations, temporal landscapes, night nurses |
| Subjects: |
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD4801 Labor. Work. Working class > HD5106 Hours of labor R Medicine > RT Nursing > RT82 Nurse practitioners |
| Creators: | Brown, Reva Berman and Brooks, Ian |
| Publisher: | Blackwell Publishing |
| Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: | University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Business & Law |
| Date: | 1 August 2002 |
| Date Type: | Publication |
| Page Range: | pp. 384-390 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Advanced Nursing |
| Volume: | 39 |
| Number: | 4 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02300.x |
| ISSN: | 1365-2648 |
| Status: | Published / Disseminated |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| URI: | http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/82 |
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