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Identifying and mapping professional identities among Swedish ambulance nurses: a multiple qualitative case study
Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Centre of Interprofessional Collaboration within Emergency Care (CICE), Linnaeus University, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7327-8519
Centre of Interprofessional Collaboration within Emergency Care (CICE), Linnaeus University;Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Linnaeus University;Centre for Clinical Research Sörmland, Uppsala University.
2022 (English)In: Theory & psychology, ISSN 0959-3543, E-ISSN 1461-7447, Vol. 32, no 5, p. 714-732Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Research on ambulance culture and identity is globally scant and nonexistent within a Swedish context. This study on Swedish ambulance nurses serves as a first step and an important entry point into this topic. The purpose was to describe professional ambulance identities among four participants who had served between several years and decades in the ambulance services. Qualitative data was obtained through initial in-depth interviews and follow-up data gathering at a later stage. The theoretical underpinnings adhered to both narrative psychology and dialogical self theory, strengthening the capacity to develop new knowledge about professional identities. The findings present four distinct types of identities among the participants. Individuality and diversity amongst the development of core identities is shown to be cultivated by the dialogue between professional and personal identities. This dialogical process began at a stage in the ambulance career when the strict demarcation line between professional and personal identities was crossed.

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Sage Publications, 2022. Vol. 32, no 5, p. 714-732
Keywords [en]
ambulance staff, dialogue, identity, position, self
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Nursing
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-219450DOI: 10.1177/09593543221103819Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85131857100OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-219450DiVA, id: diva2:1827773
Available from: 2024-01-15 Created: 2024-01-15 Last updated: 2024-01-16Bibliographically approved

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