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- J J Churchman and C Doherty.
- InHealth Group, High Wycombe. jackie.churchman@inhealthgroup.com
- Nurs Stand. 2010 Jun 9;24(40):42-7.
AimTo explore the extent to which nurses are willing to challenge doctors' practice in everyday situations in an acute NHS hospital.MethodQualitative data were collected using in-depth interviews with 12 nurses in an acute NHS hospital in England.FindingsParticipants believed that they challenged doctors' practice and acted as patients' advocates. However, data revealed that nurses questioned doctors' practice only under specific circumstances. Nurses would not challenge doctors if they perceived that this would result in conflict or stress, if they were afraid of the doctor or feared reprisal.ConclusionNurses are discouraged from challenging doctors' practice by the structural inequality arising from the gender division of labour and doctors' expert knowledge and status (medical dominance) in the workplace.
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