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dc.contributor.authorBrookes, K.
dc.contributor.authorDavidson, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorDaly, J.
dc.contributor.authorHalcomb, E.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T14:10:55Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T14:10:55Z
dc.date.created2015-09-29T01:51:45Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.identifier.citationBrookes, K. and Davidson, P. and Daly, J. and Halcomb, E. 2007. Role Theory: A framework to investigate the community nurse role in contemporary health care systems. Contemporary Nurse. 25: pp. 146-155.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38028
dc.description.abstract

Nurses' perceptions of their role are influenced by societal attitudes, government policies and trends in professional issues. Dynamic factors in contemporary health environments challenge traditional nursing roles, in particular those of community nurses. Role theory is a conceptual framework that defines how individuals behave in social situations and how these behaviours are perceived by external observers. This paper reviews the role theory literature as a conceptual framework to explore community nurses' perceptions of their role. Three theoretical perspectives of role theory have emerged from the literature review: (i) social structuralism; (ii) symbolic interactionism; and (iii) the dramaturgical perspective. These philosophical perspectives provide a useful framework to investigate the role of community nurses in the contemporary health care system.

dc.publishereContent Management
dc.relation.uriwww.contemporarynurse.com.au
dc.subjectConceptual framework
dc.subjectCommunity nurses
dc.subjectModels of care
dc.subjectRole theory
dc.titleRole Theory: A framework to investigate the community nurse role in contemporary health care systems
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume25
dcterms.source.startPage146
dcterms.source.endPage155
dcterms.source.issn1037 6178
dcterms.source.titleContemporary Nurse
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