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Tummers, L. and Bekkers, V. (2013) Policy Implementation, Street-Level Bureaucracy, and the Importance of Discretion. Public Management Review, 16, 527-547.
https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2013.841978

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• TITLE: Nurses as Street Level Bureaucrats: Experiences from Diabetes Care Nurses in Kuwait

  AUTHORS: Muna Alshammari, Sylivia Nalubega

  KEYWORDS: Nurses, Street-Level Bureaucrats, Diabetes, Kuwait

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Nursing, Vol.11 No.5, May 18, 2021

  ABSTRACT: Street-level bureaucrats are described as public service workers who interact directly with citizens in the course of their work and who have substantial discretion in the execution of their work. This article is a reflection of the primary author’s doctoral research experience, which investigated the role of nurses in caring for long-term diabetes patients in two selected hospitals in Kuwait. Nurses working in diabetes care in Kuwait were reported to operate under difficult conditions and utilized the tool of discretion to provide patient care, hence were exemplary street-level bureaucrats.