Identity, metaphors, and power
Cunningham, N.
Awhonn's Clinical Issues in Perinatal and Women's Health Nursing 4(4): 634-640
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 1066-3614 PMID: 8220378 Document Number: 414017
Nurses may often evaluate their identities by asking questions such as "Who is the perinatal nurse? Accountable professional or institutional employee?" The author analyzes this effort in terms of the metaphors reflected by these questions as they may or may not accurately describe nurses' circumstances of powerlessness and powerfulness. The author suggests ways nurses may improve their ethical reflection by changing metaphors and assuring continuing sedation in individual, professional, and institutional contexts.