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Item Conscious engagement in undergraduate male nursing students: facilitating voice through an action research project(2016) Maykut, Colleen; Lee, Andrew; Argueta, Nelson Garcia; Grant, Sean; Miller, ColeAlthough women have made significant progress into traditionally male-dominated professions, such as medicine and engineering, the same cannot be said of men in the nursing profession. Utilizing a critical social theory perspective, an action research project was designed to encourage participants, current male nursing students and alumni of MacEwan University, to share their educational experiences through narratives. The significance of this action research project is threefold: (1) to understand the phenomena of the MacEwan male nursing student, (2) to develop strategies and coping mechanisms to address concerns voiced by participants’ experiences, and (3) to create evaluative tools to assess effectiveness of such strategies.Item A critical hermeneutic circle to reimagine professional selfhood(2023) Maykut, Colleen; Miller, Cole; Porter, Meredith; Badu, Nikki; Barroma, Arianne; Cheung, Chanel; McLeod, Danielle; Trotter, CassidyProfessional selfhood (PSH) is the embodiment of an individual’s social location influenced by being in and with the world. PSH informs our evolving professional journey as nurses. As our journeys are never singular, community formation to support this evolution is vital. Utilizing body mapping as an aesthetic methodology was enhanced through reflexivity situated in a critical hermeneutic circle. The phenomenon of interest in the original research study of six novice nurses was how the tension between what they desire to do and what they were able to do, lived in and on their bodies. This is our story, as a community of artists and researchers, who were inspired by a Critical Hermeneutic Circle the ongoing nurturance to enter this brave space to re-imagine our evolving PSH.Item Mapping our nursing essence: a tattooed imprint of the struggle between desire and reality(2023) Maykut, Colleen; Miller, Cole; Porter, MeredithTruths are subjective and often incomplete when we view the world through the dominant perspective of the mind. Heidegger (2010) suggested we live and experience our world through our bodies, and these experiences leave both visible and invisible impressions. When we interact with others our interpretation of our world is enhanced. However, the capacity to interpret and convey the complexity of our experiences is often constrained by external narratives, and an absence of a space to support exploration. Understanding socio-political processes and structures may assist with navigating and mitigating oppressive influences on practice. The purpose of this qualitative research study was to convey aesthetically and then interpret the professional world of Registered Nurses (RNs). Specifically, the intersection between what a nurse desires to do and what they are able to do in their practice. Body mapping as an aesthetic methodology made visible the professional and personal experiences on life-size body drawings, and thus provided a richer illustration than text alone (Gastaldo et al., 2012, 2018; Skop, 2016). Reflexive interpretation, as a community, began the process of deconstructing to reconstruct the individual’s narrative to create shared meaning of the professional intersection.