Daily Management Insights: A Social Phenomenological Study Of Head Nurses

Abstract

Introduction: The head nurse of the service is perceived as having an excessive amount of work and stress daily, which causes worry in the practice as a nurse. This concern is related to the chief nurse's daily duties, an area that has yet to receive much research.

Goal: This study aims to gain an understanding of the service's chief nurse's routine.

Method: Alfred Schütz's social phenomenology served as the theoretical and methodological foundation. The Pakistan Air Force's Central Hospital served as the venue. Ten service chief nurses comprised the sample, who were chosen through speech saturation and phenomenological interviews. An interview guide served as an instrument, and thematic analysis was employed to analyze the data.

Results: The analysis revealed themes of "assuming responsibility and leadership in the daily practice of a nursing service" and "sharing intersubjectivities when interacting with other peers in the world of daily practice."

Conclusions: The service's chief nurse manages her daily practice with a strong sense of responsibility that is inherent to her role. In addition to the nursing staff, she communicates with physicians and military officials, frequently encountering challenges in persuading them of their needs. However, the head nurse uses her extensive experience to manage these intersubjectivities.