• The meaning of ethically charged encounters and their possible influence on professional identity in Norwegian public health nursing: A phenomenological hermeneutic study 

      Dahl, Berit Misund; Clancy, Anne; Andrews, Therese Marie (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013-10-14)
      Background: In today’s health care, new health reforms focus on market values and demands of efficiency influence health workers’ professional practice. Norwegian public health nurses work mainly with healthy populations, but the children, families and young people they meet can be in vulnerable and even dependent situations. Strategies in coping with ethically challenging encounters can be ...
    • Meanings of knowledge and Identity in public health nursing in a time of transition : interpretations of public health nurses' narratives. 

      Dahl, Berit Misund; Clancy, Anne (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-02-24)
      Background: A changing healthcare system affects the professional identity of nursing groups. Public health nursing has experienced challenges in balancing the paternalistic expert ideology and the empowerment participation ideology. A strong professional identity can legitimate nursing, and possibly influence the quality of nursing work. Narrations from practice can illuminate the nurses’ ...
    • Norwegian public health nurses’ competence areas 

      Dahl, Berit Misund; Glavin, Kari; Teige, Anne-May; Karlsen, Anne-Gerd; Steffenak, Anne Kjersti Myhrene (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-22)
      Objective: To explore the competence areas of public health nurses in Norway. Design: A qualitative and comparative design was employed. Sample: A purposive sample of 41 public health nurses participated. Measurements: Data were gathered from focus groups and individual interviews. The interviews centered around an open question about public health nurses’ knowledge. They also discussed 10 ...