Jackson D
University of Western Sydney Macarthur.
Contemp Nurse. 1996 Sep;5(3):120-6. doi: 10.5172/conu.5.3.120.
The changing composition of Australian society has resulted in the reality of a multicultural workplace. With this comes the need to examine issues related to cultural wellbeing within an occupational setting. Migrant women nurses from non-English speaking backgrounds participated in this phenomenological study, which examined their experiences working as nurses within the New South Wales health care system. Participants described traumatic experiences around entering the nursing work environment. Familiar and comfortable roles such as being a woman, a colleague and a nurse were altered and made uncomfortable by the imposition of disturbing and unfamiliar roles. This discomfort was compounded by what was experienced as an uncomfortable and perilous work environment. The task for these women became one of finding sanctuary and comfort and finally, of establishing a place for themselves. This paper will take the reader on the journey from being a stranger to finding a place and will raise issues for discussion surrounding culture and safety in the nursing workplace.
澳大利亚社会构成的变化导致了多元文化工作场所的现实。随之而来的是需要在职业环境中审视与文化福祉相关的问题。来自非英语背景的移民女性护士参与了这项现象学研究，该研究考察了她们在新南威尔士州医疗系统中担任护士的经历。参与者描述了进入护理工作环境时的创伤经历。诸如女性、同事和护士等熟悉且舒适的角色因强加了令人不安和陌生的角色而被改变并变得不自在。这种不适因被体验为不舒服且危险的工作环境而加剧。这些女性的任务变成了寻找庇护所和舒适之处，最终为自己建立一个立足之地。本文将带领读者踏上从成为陌生人到找到立足之地的旅程，并提出围绕护理工作场所中的文化和安全的讨论问题。
