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Identifying and mapping professional identities among Swedish ambulance nurses: A multiple qualitative case study
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology. Linnaeus Univ, Fac Hlth & Life Sci, Ctr Interprofess Collaborat Emergency Care CICE, Växjö, Sweden..ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7327-8519
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, research centers etc., Centre for Clinical Research Sörmland. Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Linnaeus University, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1878-0992
2022 (English)In: Theory & psychology, ISSN 0959-3543, E-ISSN 1461-7447, Vol. 32, no 5, p. 714-732Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Research on ambulance culture and identity is globally scant and nonexistent within a Swedish context. This study on Swedish ambulance nurses serves as a first step and an important entry point into this topic. The purpose was to describe professional ambulance identities among four participants who had served between several years and decades in the ambulance services. Qualitative data was obtained through initial in-depth interviews and follow-up data gathering at a later stage. The theoretical underpinnings adhered to both narrative psychology and dialogical self theory, strengthening the capacity to develop new knowledge about professional identities. The findings present four distinct types of identities among the participants. Individuality and diversity amongst the development of core identities is shown to be cultivated by the dialogue between professional and personal identities. This dialogical process began at a stage in the ambulance career when the strict demarcation line between professional and personal identities was crossed.

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Sage Publications, 2022. Vol. 32, no 5, p. 714-732
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ambulance staff, dialogue, identity, position, self
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-494540DOI: 10.1177/09593543221103819ISI: 000811728900001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-494540DiVA, id: diva2:1728442
Available from: 2023-01-18 Created: 2023-01-18 Last updated: 2024-01-15Bibliographically approved

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