Caldwell Debbie Rife
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, USA.
J Holist Nurs. 2007 Jun;25(2):73-9; discussion 80. doi: 10.1177/0898010106293610.
This nursing research study was designed to reveal the life stories of nurse practitioners in rural Appalachia using storytelling and ballad elements of the culture. The researcher was born in a rural Appalachian community in Virginia and was summoned to return to the place of her birth, feeling an invisible kinship to land, blood ties to family, and a longing to honor rural nursing. Seven nurse practitioners from the same community shared their life stories. Using the heuristic phenomenological research method of Moustakas, the researcher became storyteller. The metaphor of bloodroot emerged as the unity of meaning for the life stories. The theme essences were revealed as interconnection: intricate patterns of rural Appalachian culture, intertwining relationships, interrelationships, and inner journey. "Brand New Home," an Appalachian bluegrass ballad, along with pictures of Appalachia, underpins and culminates this study as a creative synthesis. Implications for nursing practice, education, and research are included.
这项护理研究旨在通过运用该文化中的故事讲述和民谣元素，揭示阿巴拉契亚山区农村执业护士的生活故事。研究者出生于弗吉尼亚州的一个阿巴拉契亚山区农村社区，被召唤回到她的出生地，她感到与这片土地有一种无形的亲情、与家人有血缘关系，并且渴望尊重农村护理工作。来自同一社区的七位执业护士分享了她们的生活故事。研究者采用穆斯塔卡斯的启发式现象学研究方法，成为了故事讲述者。血根草的隐喻成为这些生活故事意义的统一体。主题精髓被揭示为相互联系：阿巴拉契亚山区农村文化的复杂模式、交织的关系、相互关系以及内心旅程。一首阿巴拉契亚蓝草民谣《全新家园》以及阿巴拉契亚的图片，作为一种创造性的综合，支撑并终结了这项研究。文中还包括了对护理实践、教育和研究的启示。
