School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Kingswood, Australia.
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Hawkesbury, Australia.
J Adv Nurs. 2021 Nov;77(11):4525-4536. doi: 10.1111/jan.14971. Epub 2021 Jul 19.
To explore the experiences of refugees who became registered nurses after arriving to Australia.
Qualitative description using a naturalistic inquiry framework.
Between February 2018 and September 2019, the lead author conducted semi-structured interviews with employed registered nurses (RNs) that are former refugees and English-speaking. Interviews were 45-90 min' duration and digitally recorded. Participants provided voluntary informed consent and were sent questions beforehand. Data were collected and coded into themes. Rigor was achieved with multiple transcript readings by the research team to confirm common themes.
Twelve participants discussed their story. Three major themes were identified: (1) Milestone of being a refugee; (2) Milestone of resettling in Australia; (3) Milestone of becoming a RN.
Each participant's story started at a place of disadvantage. They progressed successfully through the three milestones; despite living with traumatic experiences, they learned new skills, developed English literacy, became a RN and juggled the demands of life. This paper highlights the poorly understood pockets of the current Australian RN workforce.
The nuanced stories of RNs with refugee backgrounds in this study move beyond trauma and struggle and demonstrate the important journey this particular group of health professionals undertake. Increasing the contextual knowledge of the complex lives of former refugees turned nursing professionals will raise public awareness of the diversity of life experiences of RNs working in Australia.
探讨抵达澳大利亚后成为注册护士的难民的经历。
使用自然主义探究框架的定性描述。
在 2018 年 2 月至 2019 年 9 月期间，首席作者对 12 名已就业的、讲英语的前难民注册护士进行了半结构化访谈。访谈时长为 45-90 分钟，并进行了数字记录。参与者提供了自愿的知情同意，并事先发送了问题。收集数据并将其编码为主题。研究团队通过多次阅读转录本来确认共同主题，以实现严谨性。
确定了三个主要主题：（1）难民的里程碑；（2）在澳大利亚重新定居的里程碑；（3）成为注册护士的里程碑。
每个参与者的故事都始于不利的起点。尽管经历了创伤经历，他们还是成功地通过了三个里程碑；他们学习了新技能，提高了英语读写能力，成为了注册护士，并应对了生活的需求。本文强调了澳大利亚当前注册护士劳动力中鲜为人知的部分。
本研究中具有难民背景的注册护士的细致入微的故事超越了创伤和挣扎，展示了这群特殊的卫生专业人员所经历的重要旅程。增加对前难民转行成为护理专业人员的复杂生活的背景知识，将提高公众对在澳大利亚工作的注册护士的生活经历多样性的认识。
