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Health care reform and transformation of nursing in Hong Kong.

by Frances Kam Yuet Wong.Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 276-290).ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iLIST OF FIGURES --- p.iiLIST OF TABLES --- p.iiiABSTRACT --- p.ivChapter CHAPTER 1 --- THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND RELATED LITERATUREChapter 1.1 --- The research problem --- p.1Chapter 1.2 --- Related literature review --- p.8Section IChapter 1.2.1 --- Sociology of work --- p.9Chapter 1.2.2 --- Sociology of profession --- p.11Chapter 1.2.3 --- Change of social structure in a post-industrial society --- p.17Chapter 1.2.4 --- A new labouring process and control of work --- p.23Section IIChapter 1.2.5 --- The health care system --- p.26Chapter 1.2.6 --- The reconceptualization of nursing --- p.30Chapter 1.2.6.1 --- Proletarianization of nursing --- p.30Chapter 1.2.6.2 --- Professionalization in nursing --- p.32Chapter 1.2.7 --- Nursing education --- p.37Chapter 1.2.8 --- The nursing labour process --- p.43Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- RESEARCH METHODOLOGYChapter 2.1 --- Research methodology --- p.47Chapter 2.2 --- Data collection --- p.48Chapter 2.2.1 --- Documents --- p.50Chapter 2.2.2 --- Interviews --- p.50Chapter 2.2.3 --- Participant observation --- p.53Chapter 2.3 --- Data analysis --- p.54Chapter 2.3.1 --- Extended case method --- p.54Chapter 2.3.2 --- Participant observation --- p.56Chapter 2.3.3 --- Treatment of data --- p.60Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- MICROLEVEL -WORK OF FRONTLINE NURSESChapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.64Chapter 3.2 --- Areas of work of frontline nurses at ward level --- p.70Chapter 3.2.1 --- Patient care --- p.70Chapter 3.2.2 --- Student supervision --- p.74Chapter 3.2.3 --- Staff development --- p.75Chapter 3.2.4 --- Ward in-charge --- p.75Chapter 3.2.5 --- Ward projects --- p.77Chapter 3.2.6 --- Ward resource management --- p.78Chapter 3.3 --- Dynamics of work transformation at microlevel nursing practice --- p.78Chapter 3.3.1 --- A new division of nursing labour --- p.79Chapter 3.3.2 --- The HA policy --- p.84Chapter 3.3.3 --- Medical dominance --- p.87Chapter 3.3.4 --- Development of the profession of nursing in hospitals --- p.90Chapter 3.4 --- Discussion --- p.92Chapter 3.4.1 --- The nexus between profession and work --- p.92Chapter 3.4.2 --- Professionalization and proletarianization of nursing --- p.94Chapter 3.4.3 --- The changing scene of medical dominance --- p.98Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- MESOLEVEL - WORK OF NURSES IN MIDDLE MANAGEMENTChapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.102Chapter 4.2 --- Areas of work of nurse managers at mesolevel --- p.107Chapter 4.2.1 --- Patient care --- p.107Chapter 4.2.2 --- Student supervision --- p.108Chapter 4.2.3 --- Staff development --- p.109Chapter 4.2.4 --- Operational and resource management --- p.110Chapter 4.2.5 --- Communication --- p.112Chapter 4.2.6 --- Planning and quality improvement --- p.115Chapter 4.3 --- Dynamics involved in the work of nurses at the mesolevel --- p.119Chapter 4.3.1 --- A clear establishment of the status of nurse managers --- p.119Chapter 4.3.2 --- The nurse as a manager --- p.123Chapter 4.3.3 --- The attenuation of medical power by management forces --- p.129Chapter 4.3.4 --- Management practice based on negotiation and rationality --- p.134Chapter 4.4 --- Discussion --- p.137Chapter 4.4.1 --- The Professional-Managerial Class (PMC) --- p.140Chapter 4.4.2 --- The emergence of a new class of nurse elite - the nurse managers --- p.143Chapter 4.4.2.1 --- Production of nursing care and its reproduction --- p.144Chapter 4.4.2.2 --- Control of the means of production --- p.146Chapter 4.4.2.3 --- Ideological proletarianization --- p.148Chapter 4.4.2.4 --- Negotiation - guanxi and rational-legal authority --- p.149Chapter 4.4.2.5 --- The affinity between nursing and management --- p.152Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- MESOLEVEL - WORK OF NURSE SPECIALISTSChapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.156Chapter 5.2 --- Areas of work of nurse specialists (NS) at mesolevel --- p.160Chapter 5.2.1 --- Client care --- p.160Chapter 5.2.2 --- Project work --- p.164Chapter 5.2.3 --- Staff development --- p.165Chapter 5.2.4 --- Research --- p.166Chapter 5.2.5 --- Management and communication --- p.168Chapter 5.3 --- Dynamics involved in the work of nurses at this mesolevel --- p.169Chapter 5.3.1 --- Removal of NS's accountability from the management hierarchy --- p.170Chapter 5.3.2 --- The NS Referral --- p.173Chapter 5.3.3 --- The emergence of a new class of nurse elite - the Nurse Specialists --- p.180Chapter 5.4 --- Discussion --- p.185Chapter 5.4.1 --- Legitimation of the work of the Nurse Specialists in the hospital --- p.185Chapter 5.4.2 --- Differentiation of nursing practice - Advanced Nursing Practice --- p.192Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- MACROLEVEL - HOSPITAL AUTHORITY AT WORKChapter 6.1 --- Introduction --- p.197Chapter 6.2 --- The work of the nurse executive in hospital --- p.198Chapter 6.2.1 --- Human resource management and staff development --- p.202Chapter 6.2.2 --- Management of departments and hospitals --- p.203Chapter 6.2.3 --- Quality improvement --- p.205Chapter 6.2.4 --- Research and professional development --- p.207Chapter 6.2.5 --- Communication --- p.209Chapter 6.3 --- The direction of nursing work at the level of hospital authority --- p.210Chapter 6.3.1 --- Overall nursing direction and development --- p.213Chapter 6.3.2 --- Nursing role delineation and work redesign --- p.215Chapter 6.3.3 --- Recruitment and retention of Nurses --- p.223Chapter 6.3.4 --- New direction for nursing education --- p.225Chapter 6.4 --- Discussion --- p.228Chapter 6.4.1 --- Corporatization of health care system in Hong Kong --- p.229Chapter 6.4.2 --- The control of nursing labour process --- p.233Chapter 6.4.3 --- Regulation of nursing through education --- p.237Chapter CHAPTER 7 --- CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSIONChapter 7.1 --- Introduction --- p.249Chapter 7.2 --- The nexus of profession and work --- p.250Chapter 7.3 --- Charting a pathway for nursing towards the twenty-first century --- p.258Chapter 7.4 --- A micro-meso-macro approach of social analysis --- p.269Chapter 7.5 --- Practical implications of the study --- p.271Chapter 7.6 --- Limitations of the study --- p.273REFERENCES --- p.276APPENDICESChapter 1 --- Abbreviations --- p.291Chapter 2 --- Interview guide --- p.292Chapter 3 --- A sample of appointment specification of HCA --- p.293Chapter 4 --- A sample of appointment specification of RN --- p.294Chapter 5 --- A sample of appointment specification of NO --- p.295Chapter 6 --- A sample of appointment specification of NS --- p.296Chapter 7 --- A sample of appointment specification of WM --- p.297Chapter 8 --- A sample of appointment specification of DOM --- p.298Chapter 9 --- A sample of appointment specification of GMN --- p.299Chapter 10 --- Nursing strategies: Towards the year2000 --- p.30