Trauma and tribulation: The experiences and attitudes of operating room nurses working with organ donors

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 430-437

  Regehr, Cheryl ^a   Kjerulf, Maria ^b   Popova, Svetlana R ^a   Baker, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health care professionals; Operating room nurses; Organ donation; Secondary trauma; Vicarious trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; NURSE ATTITUDE; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEGATIVISM; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONTARIO; OPERATING ROOM NURSING; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 2442417854     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2004.00905.x     Document Type: Article

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