عنوان

Being a nurse the Indian way :

شماره

TLets810803

عنوان اصلي

Being a nurse the Indian way :

نام عام مواد

[Thesis]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Carter, Michelle Teresa

عنوان اصلي به قلم نويسنده ديگر

an exploration of the lived experiences of Indian nurses, who came to the United Kingdom (UK) for higher education studies and work

نام ساير پديدآوران

Staples, J.; Niehaus, I.

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brunel University London

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2019

جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن

Thesis (Ph.D.)

امتياز متن

2019

متن يادداشت

This thesis ethnographically documents the experiences of a group of Indian nurses - predominantly Christians from Kerala and the Punjab - who came from India to the United Kingdom (UK) for higher education studies and work. Uniquely, in a field where research has so far been limited, the thesis draws on longitudinal participant observation and interviews conducted over a period of three and a half years, beginning in various locations in India - where the nurses were initially trained and recruited to overseas nursing courses - and then following them on their learning trajectory as they came to the UK and, subsequently, either returned to India, or took up nursing jobs in Britain. The thesis explores their motivations to become nurses, as well as the other factors that inform their decisions. This includes an investigation of how gender, caste and class, and religion all have an impact on the experience of being an Indian nurse in the diaspora. My research highlighted the differences - historically, as well as in the present - in what it means to be a nurse in different cultural contexts, and it also explores the impact of these differences. I show, for example, that while Hindu notions of purity and pollution have had a negative impact on how nurses are viewed within India as compared to the UK, seen through the lens of class, the opportunity to migrate and increase one's earning potential has also enhanced the status of the Indian nurse in a globalising world. At the same time, different styles of nurse training in India, and different expectations of what a nurse should be, also have an impact on the effectiveness of their training once they come to the UK. In highlighting these differences, the thesis aims to enhance understanding among employers and educators of Indian nurses in the UK.

موضوع مستند نشده

Indian nurses; Kerala and migration; Education and Indian nurses; Middle class and India; Nursing

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Brunel University London

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Staples, J.; Niehaus, I.

مستند نام تنالگان تاييد نشده

Brunel University London

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Thesis]

کد کاربرگه

276903

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y