A phenomenological examination of qualified nurses' perception, meaning and experience of culture working in the HSE West
Journal: Research@THEA
Year: 2011

T his Research Study sets out to examine qualified nurses’ perception, meaning and experience of culture working in the HSE West. The research was conducted utilising a Qualitative Phenomenological Husserlian Framework. An in-depth review of the sociological and nursing literature was carried out. This revealed that culture is a multifaceted, dynamic and nonstatic term which is difficult to define (Tovey & Share, 2003). Nursing is immersed in Culture complete with its philosophies, models and th