Table 2 The main theme, subthemes, and a sample of primary concepts
From: Nursing in oncology ward with intertwined roles: a focused ethnography
Primary concepts | Subthemes | Main theme |
|---|---|---|
-Using a patient’s additional chemotherapy drugs for other patients without obtaining his/her permission -Using excess chemotherapy drugs for patients with financial problems | Robin Hood nurse | Types of nurses’ roles |
- Concealing the diagnosis of the disease from the patient at the family’s request - Secrecy about the needlestick to other personnel | A secretive nurse | |
- Incompletely drawing chemotherapy drugs and discarding the remaining drug inside the vial - Visual and remote monitoring of vital signs - Inattention to patients’ and companions’ requests and complaints | A negligent nurse | |
- Disclosing a colleague’s error to other personnel in his/her absence - The use of the term “a snitch” for some nurses by the staff - Undermining nursing colleagues and transferring them to other wards | A snitching nurse | |
- Constant complaints about their temporary transfer - Dissatisfaction with multiple shifts and high workload - Dissatisfaction with the low perks of the nursing profession | A complaining nurse | |
- Finding the nursing profession boring - Nurses’ burnout over time - Continuing studies and going on an educational mission to evade the profession | An apathetic senior nurse | |
-A training nurse, a subordinate - No permission to speak or object - Using the title “a training nurse” for stigmatization | A stigmatized training nurse | |
- The nurse’s belief that she did not get infected with COVID-19 - The nurse’s assurance that she/he will not be reinfected with COVID-19 - Nurses sitting close to each other in the nursing station during the COVID − 19 pandemic | A brazen-bodied nurse | |
- Friendly and close relationship with patients - Attention, precise care, and constant presence at the patient’s bedside - Being well-known for kindness among patients, companions, and staff | A compassionate nurse | |
- Using the term “moonlighting” for some nurses by other ward personnel - Simultaneous employment of a nurse in another hospital’s COVID-19 ward or ICU | A moonlighting nurse | |
- Patients’ frequent requests from the nurse to administer narcotic pain medication - The nurse’s sense of being a drug bartender | A drug bartender |