Thrown to the Wolves: Later Life Recollections of Former Emergency Room Nurses
Location
2077
Format Type
Paper
Start Date
January 2015
End Date
January 2015
Abstract
A phenomenological study was done on former ER nurses in their sixth decade. A deductive approach was used to investigate sources of secondary traumatic stress that may have impacted these nurses, their careers and personal lives. Interviews were done; data was taped,transcribed,and analyzed. The nurses in this study described their continuous feelings of danger in ordinary things, and hyper-vigilance related to the uncontrolled chaos and unexpected events which occurred in the ER.
Thrown to the Wolves: Later Life Recollections of Former Emergency Room Nurses
2077
A phenomenological study was done on former ER nurses in their sixth decade. A deductive approach was used to investigate sources of secondary traumatic stress that may have impacted these nurses, their careers and personal lives. Interviews were done; data was taped,transcribed,and analyzed. The nurses in this study described their continuous feelings of danger in ordinary things, and hyper-vigilance related to the uncontrolled chaos and unexpected events which occurred in the ER.
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