This study uses life history methodology to examine the personal experience of being an Omani woman during the Omani Renaissance, choosing a career in nursing, and evolving into a nurse leader. There is a lack of research on why Omani women choose to enter the workforce, choose nursing career paths, and what sustains them in the nursing workforce. There is also a lack of research on the path to Omani nurse leadership. The research question is: What is the personal experience of being an Omani woman during the Omani Renaissance, choosing a career in nursing, and becoming a nurse leader? Life history methodology was used to examine the life of an Omani woman nurse leader within a few years of retirement, who has been a nurse in Oman since she was a young woman, in relation to the context in which her life occurs. The researcher spent many hours of informal time and conducted four in-depth interviews with this nurse. Interviews were also conducted with ten colleagues, as well as three family members. Inductive thematic analysis revealed three dominant themes: opportunity, visionary, and nursing; with subthemes: national identity, country building, nursing pioneer, leadership, perseverance, resilience, mentors, advocacy, caring, and fulfillment. Conclusions from this study are that opportunities, personal attributes and motivations all played a role in overcoming barriers to empowerment in the workforce and shaped decisions about employment. Additionally, personal attributes of perseverance and resilience, as well as mentors, facilitated leadership development.
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Interviews were also conducted with ten colleagues, as well as three family members. Inductive thematic analysis revealed three dominant themes: opportunity, visionary, and nursing; with subthemes: national identity, country building, nursing pioneer, leadership, perseverance, resilience, mentors, advocacy, caring, and fulfillment. Conclusions from this study are that opportunities, personal attributes and motivations all played a role in overcoming barriers to empowerment in the workforce and shaped decisions about employment. Additionally, personal attributes of perseverance and resilience, as well as mentors, facilitated leadership development.</p>","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Emerson, Christie"],"institution":null,"degree_name":"Doctor of Nursing Science (DNS)","degree_level":"Dissertation","degree_discipline":"Nursing","degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["Dr. Jackie Jones","Dr. Maia Hallward"],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2018,"date_issued":"2018-11-08T08:00:00Z","date_published":"2018-11-08T08:00:00Z","updated_at":"2026-07-24T02:43:26Z","subjects":["life history","Arab women’s employment","Oman","nurse leaders","Other Nursing","Social and Cultural Anthropology"],"languages":[],"rights":[],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":"https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/dns_etd/8","outbound_label":"Repository record","outbound_source":"dc:identifier"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor","label":"Contributor","values":["Dr. Jackie Jones","Dr. Maia Hallward"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Emerson, Christie"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date.available","label":"Dc Date Available","values":["2018-11-20T08:00:00Z"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["Nursing"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["Dissertation"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["Doctor of Nursing Science (DNS)"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["life history","Arab women’s employment","Oman","nurse leaders","Other Nursing","Social and Cultural Anthropology"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/dns_etd/8"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["This study uses life history methodology to examine the personal experience of being an Omani woman during the Omani Renaissance, choosing a career in nursing, and evolving into a nurse leader. 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