title: Through the looking glass: being a critical ethnographic researcher in a familiar nursing context.
abstract: This article draws on the primary author's experiences of conducting a critical ethnographic study within the emergency department where she works. Extracts from her journal entries illustrate the tensions that emerged. These are theorised and discussed, resulting in a 'troubling' of the ethnographic field.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Tasmania, Australia.
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cudmore
authors.forename: Juliet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sondermeyer
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000884:Anthropology, Cultural / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D015982:Bias; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011287:Prejudice; D012107:Research Design; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D035844:Researcher-Subject Relations; D012649:Self Concept; D013561:Symbolism