Migrant and ethnic minority nurses’ experience of working in European health services: a qualitative study

• Autor(a) principal: Antón-Solanas,Isabel
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Rodríguez-Roca,Beatriz, Vanceulebroeck,Valérie, Kömürcü,Nuran, Kalkan,Indrani, Huércanos-Esparza,Isabel, Casa-Nova,Antonio, Hamam-Alcober,Nadia, Tambo-Lizalde,Elena, Coelho,Margarida, Coelho,Teresa, Van Gils,Yannic, Öz,Seda Değirmenci, Kavala,Arzu, Ramón-Arbués,Enrique, Jerue,Benjamin A., Subirón-Valera,Ana B.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0080-62342022000100481
• topic: Cultural Competency; Cultural Diversity; Europe; Health Equity; Health Services; Cultural Diversity; Nursing; Qualitative Research

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the perception of culture and experience of working in European health services of a purposive sample of qualified migrant and ethnic minority nurses currently living in Belgium, Portugal, Spain and Turkey. Method: A qualitative phenomenological method was chosen. Individual interviews took place with 8 qualified migrant and ethnic minority nurses currently living in four European countries. Thematic analysis was conducted using Braun and Clark’s stages after qualitative data had been verbatim transcribed, translated into English, and analyzed Results: Four themes and 4 subthemes emerged from thematic analysis of the transcripts. Conclusion: Migrant and ethnic minority nurses working in the European Union experience and witness discrimination and prejudice from patients and colleagues due to cultural differences. European health services should closely monitor and address discrimination and prejudice towards migrant and ethnic minority staff and patients, and take initiatives to reduce and, eventually, eradicate them.