Using biographical and narrative ways of working in nursing

Tetley, Josie (2015) Using biographical and narrative ways of working in nursing. [Conference or Workshop Item]

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Abstract

As a nurse I reflect on how my personal reflections and use of biographical and narrative ways of working have enabled me to gain new understandings of the factors that older people identify as affecting their use and uptake of health and social care services. My presentation will draw on biograph-ical and narrative data gathered from older people to illustrate how unexpected and diverse wider life experiences affected people’s use and uptake of health and social care services. However, the challenges to using these approaches in real world practice settings will also be debated.