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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783874903321

Autore

Traynor Michael <1956, >

Titolo

Managerialism and nursing : beyond oppression and profession / / Michael Traynor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

1-134-68239-5

1-283-64208-5

1-134-68240-9

9786610067138

0-203-02477-X

1-280-06713-6

0-585-44687-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Disciplina

362.1/73/068

Soggetti

Nurses - Supervision of - Great Britain

Nursing services - Great Britain - Administration

Interprofessional relations - Great Britain

Nurse administrators - Great Britain

Conflict management - Great Britain

Nursing services - Great Britain - Personnel management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Managerialism and Nursing; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Enlightenment, rationality and colonisation; 2. Sawing off the branch and sitting: the context of the postmodern; 3. Erasing the boundaries: speech into text, comment into text; 4. Locating nursing within the discourses of the Enlightenment; 5. The origins of the texts: management interviews and nursing questionnaires; 6. The interviews part I: discourses of rationality; 7. The interviews part II: subjects and objects, autonomy and tradition

8. Morality and self-sacrifice: the nurses' comments 9. Beyond oppression and profession; References; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Managerialism and Nursing examines the effect of new management strategies on nurses, their morale and the profession as a whole. Using an innovative study of nurses conducted by the Royal College of Nursing, Michael Traynor analyses the relationship between nurses and their managers, looking at the contrasting ways in which each group argues its case and presents its identity. Managerialism and Nursing will be stimulating reading for anyone interested in the future of the health service and also serves as a highly readably introduction to postmodern approaches to anal