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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
Published on: February 16, 2011
Nursing in the sandbox: a lived experience.
1Henry P. Becton School of Nursing and Allied Health at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, New Jersey, USA. glennena@fdu.edu
Creative Nursing
|March 26, 2010
Summary
Military nurses faced extreme conditions and ethical challenges in Iraq, highlighting the gap between training and real-world combat deployment. This experience underscored the profound impact of war on healthcare professionals.
Area of Science:
- Military Medicine
- Nursing Ethics
- Trauma Care
Background:
- Extensive military nursing careers do not fully prepare individuals for the realities of combat zones.
- Deployment to Iraq presented unique challenges beyond typical nursing education.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe the unprepared experiences of a military nurse during deployment to Iraq.
- To highlight the impact of extreme living conditions, battlefield injuries, and ethical dilemmas in a combat setting.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative reflection on personal deployment experiences.
- Narrative account of confronting extreme conditions and ethical challenges.
Main Results:
- The author encountered severe living conditions and witnessed harrowing battlefield injuries.
- Significant ethical dilemmas arose that were not covered in standard nursing education.
Conclusions:
- Combat nursing requires resilience and adaptability beyond formal training.
- The psychological and ethical toll of war on nurses is substantial and warrants further attention.
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