Strategies of emotion management: not just on, but off the job

Hammonds, Clare; Cadge, Wendy

doi:10.1111/nin.12035

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“…Offering a personal telephone number to parents, as female nurses reportedly did, was seen as overstepping professional boundaries and potentially exposing nurses to pain. These findings contrast with those of authors such as Hammonds & Cadge (), who describe how nurses set limits outside of work, instead of creating impermeable boundaries between their work and personal lives. However, these authors do not consider gender in their analysis.…”

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Male nurses' views of gender in the nurse–family relationship in paediatric care

Marañón

Rodríguez-Martín

Galbany-Estragués

2019

International Nursing Review

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Aims (1) To learn how male nurses view and manage their relationships with families of hospitalized children, in contrast to how they view those established by female nurses. (2) To know if male nurses' relationships with families of hospitalized children are influenced by gender roles and stereotypes. Background Relationships are essential in care. Prevailing gender stereotypes suggest that males have more difficulties with relationships than with technical aspects of nursing. Method Descriptive qualitative research in a public tertiary hospital September–December 2015. Participants were male nurses who worked in maternal and child health. Purposive sampling, based on criteria of homogeneity‐regularity and heterogeneity‐diversity. Semi‐structured interviews and content analysis. Findings Twelve male nurses participated. Two key themes emerged. (1) Establishment of professional–family relationship. Male nurses denied that male and female nurses established relationships with families differently, attributing any differences to personality rather than gender. (2) Management of relationships. Male nurses claimed that they set more limits on their relationships with families than female nurses. Discussion Male nurses both disrupted and reproduced gendered stereotypes about relationships with families, revealing new models of masculinity. Conclusion Male nurses reject the stereotype that nursing is a women's profession, but they interpret their relationships with families in terms of gender roles and stereotypes. Implications for nursing and nursing policy These findings contribute to understandings of the influence of gender stereotypes in nursing. They support the work of professional associations and labour unions in Spain and other countries to combat gender stereotypes and gender differences in nursing.

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Male nurses' views of gender in the nurse–family relationship in paediatric care

Marañón

Rodríguez-Martín

Galbany-Estragués

2019

International Nursing Review

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“…There is, however, a great need for improvements with regard to lighting, noise, safety and ergonomics both for patients and for staff (Applebaum, Fowler, Fiedler, Osinubi, & Robson, ; Barach, Potter Forbes, & Forbes, ; Pereira et al, ). There is also a great need for functional teams that can create a benign and caring environment (San Martín‐Rodríguez et al, ) and an atmosphere that is conducive to emotional work (Hammonds & Cadge, ). Malone () argued in a theoretical paper that nursing in hospital environments carries the associate risk of making nurse–patient relationships distant and alienated.…”

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Is it possible to feel at home in a patient room in an intensive care unit? Reflections on environmental aspects in technology‐dense environments

2019

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This paper focuses on the patient's perspective and the philosophical underpinnings that support what might be considered optimal for the future design of the intensive care unit (ICU) patient room. It also addresses the question of whether the aspects that support at‐homeness are applicable to ICU patient rooms. The concept of “at‐homeness” in ICUs is strongly related to privacy and control of space and territory. This study investigates whether the sense of at‐homeness can be created in an ICU, when one or more patients share a room. From an interdisciplinary perspective, we critically reflect on various aspects associated with conflicts surrounding the use of ICU patient rooms. Thus, from an architectural and a caring perspective, the significance of space and personal territory in ICU patient rooms is emphasized. Recommendations for further research are suggested. In conclusion, privacy and control are deemed to be essential factors in the stimulation of recovery processes and the promotion of well‐being in situations involving severe illness or life‐threatening conditions.

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“…Nurses are expected to show empathy, but, at the same time, detachment is identified as a trait of professionalism [ 14 ]. Using emotion management strategies makes it possible to satisfy one’s professional obligations [ 15 , 16 ].…”

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Emotion management and stereotypes about emotions among male nurses: a qualitative study

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Background Nursing requires a high load of emotional labour. The link between nursing, emotional labour and the female sex, complicates the figure of the male nurse, because masculinity is associated with physical or technical (rather than emotional) and moreover is defined in contrast to femininity. Our objective was to understand how emotion management is described by male nurses who work in the paediatrics department of a Spanish tertiary hospital. Methods Qualitative descriptive study. The participants were selected through intentional sampling in the paediatrics department of a Spanish tertiary hospital. We conducted semi-structured interviews until reaching data saturation. We carried out a content analysis, using Lincoln and Guba’s definition of scientific rigour. Results We identified two key themes in the data: 1) Stereotypes related to the emotional aspects of care: Participants took for granted some gender stereotypes while questioning others and defended alternative ways of managing emotions related to care. 2) Emotion management strategies: Participants described keeping an emotional distance, setting boundaries, relativising problems and using distraction and humour. Discussion Nursing care is conditioned by gender roles and stereotypes that present men as less capable than women of feeling and managing emotions. However, emotion management is necessary in nursing care—especially in paediatrics—and our participants reported using strategies for it. Although participants continued to interpret care in terms of traditional roles, they contradicted them in adapting to the emotional labour that their job requires. Conclusions New behaviours are emerging among male nurses, in which care and emotion management are not exclusively the purview of women. Our participants reproduced some gender stereotypes while disrupting others, and they tended to cling to the stereotypes that were favourable to them as male nurses. As we work towards a gender-neutral profession, these results represent a first step: male participants reported that they provide care and manage their emotions as well as (or better than) women. However, because they substantiated their claims by drawing on negative stereotypes of women, further progress must be made.

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Strategies of emotion management: not just on, but off the job

Cited by 14 publications

References 32 publications

Male nurses' views of gender in the nurse–family relationship in paediatric care

Male nurses' views of gender in the nurse–family relationship in paediatric care

Is it possible to feel at home in a patient room in an intensive care unit? Reflections on environmental aspects in technology‐dense environments

Emotion management and stereotypes about emotions among male nurses: a qualitative study

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