A Grounded Theory Study on Dialogues and Voices of Nurses Working in the Hotel and Resort Industry

This novel type of study attempts to describe the lived experiences of company nurses working in the hotel and resort industry from various areas in the Philippines where hotel and resort nursing is regarded as an occupational health nursing specialism exploring the reasons why they chose to work in the hospitality industry, their challenges, fears, and realizations. The research purposive sampling, snowball sampling, and non-listed based random sampling to choose participants based on a list of pre-prepared researcher-created criteria. Grounded Theory Model was used to study their answers.  Based on participant narratives, the results show that few benefits were identified working as hotel and resort nurses.  Furthermore, the drawbacks continue to exceed the positives. From their vantage point, the negative encounters had a significant influence on how they saw Occupational Health Nursing in the hospitality industry. Even though OHN is not a very profitable nursing subspecialty, the firsthand accounts from OHNs employed in the hotels and resorts should draw people’s eyes to the need for reform in the sector that benefits all parties involved. To corroborate the concerns expressed by these nurses working in the hospitality business, this study suggests doing more research in this working area.  The OHNs will have a bright future in the nursing field if they can combine considerable support from the public and commercial zones in the form of a fair and appropriate salary with well-maintained working conditions. Lastly, the theory can be applied to create nursing practice that is more responsive to the wellbeing of nurses in this field.