Emergency nurses' experiences of caring for survivors of intimate partner violence

Wath, Anna Elizabeth Van der; Wyk, Neltjie van; Rensburg, Elsie Sophia Janse van

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“…Symptoms include: nightmares, intrusive images based on client’s stories or a sense that the world is no longer a safe place. While vicarious trauma or secondary traumatic stress has not been evaluated in PHN home visiting, it has been described by emergency room nurses caring for survivors of IPV [47] measured in hospital nurses [48] and in domestic violence advocates [49]. While all of these roles and contexts vary, there was the common element of exposure to a patient/client with a trauma history.…”

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Long-term home visiting with vulnerable young mothers: an interpretive description of the impact on public health nurses

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BackgroundThe Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) is a targeted, nurse home visitation program for young, low-income, first-time mothers. While the effectiveness of the NFP has been established in the United States, and is currently being evaluated in the Canadian public health care system, we have minimal understanding of how work of this nature impacts public health nurses (PHNs), an essential component of this program delivery model, on both professional and personal levels.MethodsThis two-phase study consisted of a qualitative secondary analysis of data from five focus groups conducted with PHNs (N = 6) who delivered the NFP intervention as part of a pilot study assessing feasibility and acceptability conducted in Hamilton, Ontario. The second phase, an interpretive description of individual interviews with the PHNs (N = 10) who have delivered the NFP in this context, further explored themes identified in the first phase. A practice, problem and needs analysis was conducted to describe and understand the phenomenon and promote sustainability of PHNs in this practice environment. Conventional content analysis was used to code and categorize data in the two datasets.ResultsThe nurse-client relationship, the core elements and structure of the NFP program and support of NFP colleagues were described as rewarding factors, while workload and workplace factors were identified as significant contributors to stress. PHNs described transforming their nursing practice through redefining success and shifting to a philosophy where the client is the expert of her own life. PHNs described the personal impact of worry about clients and doubt about their effectiveness in addressing client concerns. High levels of satisfaction were described in relation to the depth and intensity of relationships with clients and seeing them succeed over time.ConclusionsPHNs are impacted in multiple ways by their work with vulnerable, young mothers. The study findings have implications for identification of strategies to support PHNs in reducing staff turnover, PHN burnout, secondary traumatic stress and compassion fatigue, and improving program delivery.

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Long-term home visiting with vulnerable young mothers: an interpretive description of the impact on public health nurses

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“…Furthermore, high level of burnout was identified among nurses working in emergency department. 5,[26][27][28] High level of burnout was identified among nurses working in ICU and Emergency Department in this study due to the fact that these nurses work in a stressful working environment as it was proven by various studies that ICU is a stressful work place and Emergency Department as well. 3,5,29,30 In this study, only nurses working in ICU and emergency department were targeted which made the sample to be small.…”

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Burnout among nurses working in critical care settings: a case of a selected tertiary hospital in Rwanda

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INTRODUCTIONBurnout is characterized by loss of emotional strength, not valuing human beings living together with or offering service and decreased in job performance and success due to lack of interest related to occupational stressors.1Burnout was recognized as work related danger among human oriented professionals including health care professionals since they are required to work many hours to help humans and face a challenge of high demand and low resources.1 Burnout is due to prolonged work related stress that is not managed. In a work environment this leads to high worker turnover, absenteeism, compromise of interpersonal relationships, reduced productivity and low personal achievement. 2High level of burnout was identified among nurses working in ICU (Intensive Care Unit) and Emergency Department. A systematic review on burnout among ICU health professionals found the prevalence to range from 6% to 47%. 3 Moreover, this systematic review found the following risk factors: age, gender, work experience, ABSTRACT Background: Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Emergency Department are more stressful areas therefore nurses in those areas are prone to high level of burnout than others. In Rwanda, studies on burnout among nurses are limited and there is no research targeting specifically nurses working in ICU and Emergency Department. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the level of burnout among nurses working in ICU and Emergency Department in a selected referral hospital of Kigali. Methods: A quantitative approach was adopted. The descriptive cross-sectional design was used. Sixty nurses were involved in the study and they were selected using a total population sampling strategy. A self-administered questionnaire and Maslach Burnout Inventory Human Service Survey were used to collect data. Data were analysed using SPSS version 21.0. Results: The study found high level of burnout among 61.7% of the participants under study. High workload and intention to leave were associated with burnout (P<0.05). Burnout was measured by high Emotional Exhaustion (EE) 29 (48.3%), high Depersonalization (DP) 15 (25%) and low Personal Accomplishment (PA) 30 (50%). Conclusions: The high level of burnout identified among ICU and emergency department nurses is mainly associated with high workload and intention to leave the work within the next 12 months.

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“…Globally, domestic abuse has been described as reaching 'epidemic proportions' (van der Wath et al 2013). While in the UK it has been estimated that approximately 30% of women and 17% of men between the ages sixteen and fifty-nine years have experienced domestic abuse (Smith et al 2012).…”

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An exploration of the perceptions of emergency department nursing staff towards the role of a domestic abuse nurse specialist: a qualitative study

McGarry

2015

International Emergency Nursing

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McGarry, Julie and Nairn, Stuart (2015) A note on versions:The version presented here may differ from the published version or from the version of record. If you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher's version. Please see the repository url above for details on accessing the published version and note that access may require a subscription. Model. It was clear that all of the staff in the study highly valued the role and one which offered support both professionally and personally when nurse were often dealing with very difficult situations. However, the study has also drawn attention to the conundrum that surrounds identification and management of abuse and of enquiry more generally. The ED is ideally suited to identify at risk individuals but is not institutionally organised in a way that prioritises the social concerns of their patients and this nursing role is one way that this issue can be addressed. There is however, still work to be done in developing an infrastructure that supports identification, management and in building stronger relationships at an inter-agency level. The role of the nurse specialist continues to evolve locally, and in light of recent policy directives further research is 3 needed to explore the development and implementation of identification, management and support in the future.

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Emergency nurses' experiences of caring for survivors of intimate partner violence

Abstract: Aim. To report a study of emergency nurses" experiences of caring for survivors of intimate partner violence.Background. Emergency nurses have the opportunity to intervene during the period

Cited by 39 publications

References 67 publications

Long-term home visiting with vulnerable young mothers: an interpretive description of the impact on public health nurses

Long-term home visiting with vulnerable young mothers: an interpretive description of the impact on public health nurses

Burnout among nurses working in critical care settings: a case of a selected tertiary hospital in Rwanda

An exploration of the perceptions of emergency department nursing staff towards the role of a domestic abuse nurse specialist: a qualitative study

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