Ranse J. (2012). Hermeneutic phenomenology: exploring Australian nurses' lived experience of assisting in disasters; paper presented at the Flinders University, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Higher Degrees Research Week, Adelaide, South Australia, 3rd July.

1. HERMENEUTIC PHENOMENOLOGY:
AUSTRALIAN CIVILIAN NURSES
LIVED EXPERIENCE OF ASSISTING IN DISASTERS
www.jamieranse.com
Jamie Ranse, RN FRCNA
BN, GCClinEd, GCClinEpi, MCritCarNurs, PhD(Candidate) twitter.com/jamieranse
youtube.com/jamieranse
Supervisors: Professor Paul Arbon, Dr Lynette Cusack, linkedin.com/in/jamieranse
Associate Professor Ramon Shaban

2. overview
• Background
• Research question
• Methodology
– Hermeneutics
– Phenomenology

3. INTERNATIONAL

4. NATIONAL

5. HEALTH-AFFECTED DISASTER?

6. CYCLONE TRACY = DAYS
#CHCH #EQNZ = MINS

7. WHAT WILL YOUR
ROLE BE?

8. EDUCATION-PRACTICE
MISMATCH

9. WILL YOU ASSIST?

10. research question
• What is the Australian civilian registered general nurses
(division 1) lived experience of working in the out-of-
hospital disaster environment?

11. hermeneutics
• Defined
• Historically
– Theology
– Law
– Philosophy (Phenomenology)

12. hermeneutics
• The interviewer
• The author
• The interpreter

13. hermeneutics
• Understanding (Dilthey)
• Meaning (Heidegger)
• Truth (Gadamer)

17. hermeneutics
• Understanding (Dilthey)
• Meaning (Heidegger)
• Truth (Gadamer)
• Hermeneutic circle

18. phenomenology
• Subjects knowing object
• Intentionality
• Bracketing

19. phenomenology
• Not subjects knowing object
– Active participants
• Transparent from consciousness
• Being
• Temporality

20. hermeneutic phenomenology
• Is it appropriate to address the research question?
– What is the Australian civilian registered general nurses (division
1) lived experience of working in the out-of-hospital disaster
environment?
• Considerations for interviewing participants?

21. HERMENEUTIC PHENOMENOLOGY:
AUSTRALIAN CIVILIAN NURSES
LIVED EXPERIENCE OF ASSISTING IN DISASTERS
www.jamieranse.com
Jamie Ranse, RN FRCNA
BN, GCClinEd, GCClinEpi, MCritCarNurs, PhD(Candidate) twitter.com/jamieranse
youtube.com/jamieranse
Supervisors: Professor Paul Arbon, Dr Lynette Cusack, linkedin.com/in/jamieranse
Associate Professor Ramon Shaban