Simply Institutional Ethnography

Smith, Dorothy E.; Griffith, Alison

doi:10.3138/9781487528072

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“…Rigid a priori theory was not applied. It has been argued that to do so risks blinding researchers to meaningful phenomena that fall outside a framework's expected findings (Smith, 2006), and that theory can be used later in the analytic process as a basis for comparison (Anfara & Mertz, 2015). Informed by interpretivist epistemology, this study sought to understand the intersecting lived experience of pandemic, prolapse and preoperative patienthood, as told by those who occupied this unique position (Schwandt, 2003).…”

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“…• Some women chose to delay surgery to protect vulnerable others in their social networks • Inconsistent hospital protocol and messaging caused considerable anxiety and led some women to temporarily cease treatment • Pandemic-related bathroom closures and social distancing imperatives made it easier to engage in shame-based self-isolation so risks blinding researchers to meaningful phenomena that fall outside a framework's expected findings (Smith, 2006), and that theory can be used later in the analytic process as a basis for comparison (Anfara & Mertz, 2015). Informed by interpretivist epistemology, this study sought to understand the intersecting lived experience of pandemic, prolapse and preoperative patienthood, as told by those who occupied this unique position (Schwandt, 2003).…”

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confidence: 99%

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A qualitative study of the impact of the COVID ‐19 pandemic on women seeking pelvic organ prolapse surgery in Alberta, Canada

Knox

Ramage

Scime

et al. 2022

Health Social Care Comm

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In addition to altering public infrastructure and social patterning, the COVID‐19 pandemic has delayed many pelvic organ prolapse (POP) surgeries. POP‐related stigma, symptomology and the experience of waiting for POP surgery can negatively impact women's quality of life and mental health. The experience of preoperative POP patients during the pandemic thus entails a new intersection of gendered, stigmatic and medical realities. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 26 preoperative POP patients as part of a larger qualitative study, 20 of whom spontaneously volunteered information about how the pandemic coloured their experience living with and awaiting surgery for POP. Interviews occurred between January and July 2021, which coincided with the second and third waves of the pandemic in Alberta, Canada, and before full immunisation was available for all Albertans. Pandemic‐related interview excerpts were thematically analysed, and four main findings emerged. (1) Though surgical delay meant living with unpleasant symptoms for longer than anticipated, some sought this out in order to protect vulnerable loved ones from possible hospital‐acquired infection, (2) shifting and unclear hospital policies and logistics resulted in intense preoperative stress, at times causing women to temporarily cease treatment, (3) decreased access to public restroom infrastructure caused women to reduce their outings and (4) the imperative to minimise social gatherings made it easier for women to engage in POP‐related, shame‐based self‐isolation without the notice of friends and family. As they can influence postoperative outcomes and treatment adherence, trends observed should be of interest to clinicians and policymakers alike.

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confidence: 99%

Section: What This Paper Addsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A qualitative study of the impact of the COVID ‐19 pandemic on women seeking pelvic organ prolapse surgery in Alberta, Canada

Knox

Ramage

Scime

et al. 2022

Health Social Care Comm

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“…The study focused on IDs working in US-based institutions only. The study did not pursue other individuals, such as faculty, despite their involvement in collaborative online course development, in alignment with IE ontology (Ng et al, 2013;D. E. Smith, 2006) and the first author's discretion, with the second author's agreement, to anchor this study in the institutional narratives of IDs.…”

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“…Conceptual practices of power that inform people how they should define themselves instead of how they genuinely define themselves, that results in institutionalizing, coordinating, or mediating, both textually and systematically, everyday work (Griffith, 1995;D. E. Smith, 1990D. E. Smith, , 2006.…”

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From the Standpoint of Instructional Designers: Critically Investigating the Coordination of ID Contributions to Collaborative Online Course Development

Lubin,

Reio

2023

New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development

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Instructional Designers (IDs) are talented assets to higher education institutions (HEIs) that have positioned online course development as part of long-term strategic plans. This study investigated the experiences of IDs involved in online course development while working dyadically with faculty members in U.S. HEIs. The study focused on the textually mediated coordination of social working relationships and engagement outcomes on the professional identities of eight ID subjects; analysis of HEI websites and observational field notes were included in the dataset. Five thematic narratives emerged within the analysis: a question of professional (dis)regard, a culture of complex collaborative work, a conversation of representation in HEI governance, a translocal chain of bossy (mis)coordination, and a song of silent, external attributions. These themes provided a platform for disseminating ID lived narratives and perspectives within a relational framework informed by Human Resource Development (HRD), where, in the literature, their experiences can inform and benefit the improved performance of HEIs engaged in online program production and governance.

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“…For IE researchers, the term “work” is considered as practical and generous and refers to “anything done by people that takes time and effort, that they mean to do, that is done under definite conditions and with whatever means and tools, and that they may have to think about it” ( Smith, 2005 , p. 151). The extended definition of work shines the light on what people do that will often go unrecognized or missed in the everyday use of the word ( Smith & Griffith, 2022 ). Work defined in this way speaks to the complex, intricate, and sophisticated nature of nurses’ work, the behaviors involved in accomplishing nurses’ work, and illustrates the knowledge, skills, and experiences involved in performing specific forms of nurses’ work.…”

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Using Institutional Ethnography to Explicate the Everyday Realities of Nurses’ Work in Labor and Delivery

Kelly

Quance

Snow

et al. 2022

Global Qualitative Nursing Research

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Fetal health surveillance is a significant everyday work responsibility for labor and delivery nurses. Here, nursing care is increasingly focused on technological interventions, particularly with the use of continuous electronic fetal monitoring. Using Institutional Ethnography, we explored how nurses conduct this work and uncovered the ruling relations coordinating how nurses “do” fetal health surveillance. Analysis revealed how these powerful ruling relations associated with the biomedical and medical-legal discourses coordinated nurses’ fetal monitoring work. Forms requiring documentation of biophysical data caused nurses to focus on technological interventions with much less attention given to holistic and supportive care measures. In doing so, nurses inadvertently activated and participated in these powerful ruling discourses. The practice of ensuring the safe birth of the baby through advances in technological surveillance and medical interventions took priority over well-established approaches to holistic nursing care.

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Simply Institutional Ethnography

Cited by 54 publications

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A qualitative study of the impact of the COVID ‐19 pandemic on women seeking pelvic organ prolapse surgery in Alberta, Canada

A qualitative study of the impact of the COVID ‐19 pandemic on women seeking pelvic organ prolapse surgery in Alberta, Canada

From the Standpoint of Instructional Designers: Critically Investigating the Coordination of ID Contributions to Collaborative Online Course Development

Using Institutional Ethnography to Explicate the Everyday Realities of Nurses’ Work in Labor and Delivery

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