Experiences of Australian Army Theatre Nurses

Biedermann, Narelle

doi:10.1016/s0001-2092(06)61412-9

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“…The nurses experienced that mechanical debridement of wounds and delayed primary closure was necessary (Hartvigsen, ; Paus,). Similar advantages of delayed closure were later experienced by Australian field hospitals in 1967 during the Vietnam War (Biedermann, :337).…”

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confidence: 58%

The nursing legacy of the Korea Sisters

Lockertsen

Fause

2017

Nursing Open

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AimDuring the Korean War (1950–1953), the Norwegian government sent a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) to support the efforts of the United Nations (UN) Army. During the war, 111 Norwegian nurses served in seven contingents, each 6 month, at the Norwegian Field Hospital in Korea. The nurses were nicknamed “The Korea Sisters”. The aim of this study is to explore the impact and influence of their wartime nursing on Norwegian post‐Korean‐War nursing.DesignQualitative.MethodsThe study uses several historical research approaches. Interview, archival search, search in nursing periodicals, contemporary magazines and nursing text books.ResultThe nursing legacy of The Korea Sisters can be found in changes in general nursing, uniform education of theatre nurses, uniform education of anaesthetist nurses and in humanitarian work.

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Section: The Korea Sisters Impact Of Nursing Practice In Norwegian Numentioning

confidence: 58%

The nursing legacy of the Korea Sisters

Lockertsen

Fause

2017

Nursing Open

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“…The study conducted by Biedermann et al (2002) focused on the fact that deployment of nurses mainly initiated with the outbreak of wars. According to their findings, duties of operating room nurses, facilities, and equipments were similar in general.…”

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“…In this regard, Biedermann et al (2002) conducted a qualitative study in order to assess the experience of operating room nurses in Australia who were deployed at the Vietnam War, stating that operating roompractices played a critical role in the reduction of mortality rates and improvement of medical servicesduring the war (9).…”

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Experiences of the civilian Iranian operating room nurses: A historical survey of the Iran-Iraq war

Firouzkouhi

Kako

Zargham-Boroujeni

2016

J Nurs Midwifery Sci

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Background and Purpose: Upon centuries, wars have taken over countries due to theadvancement of sophisticated warfare,causingserious injuries among soldiers. Nurses are directly involved in preoperative and postsurgical patient care. One of the most remarkable contributions of the Iranian operating room nurses was to provide medical care for wounded soldiers in field hospitals during the Iran-Iraq war. This study aimed to explore the experiences of civilian operating room nurses infield hospitals at the frontlines during the Iran-Iraq war.Methods: This study was conducted using historical research methodology and oral history method throughin-depthinterviews with civilian nurses engaged inoperating rooms during the war.Participants were selected via snowball sampling. This study investigated nursing practice in operating rooms as recountedby 16 civilian nurses who served in field hospitals inthe Iran-Iraq war during 1980- 1988.Results: This study had six descriptive themes focusing on the experiences of nurses engaged in operating rooms during theIran-Iraq war, and the results were obtainedin a narrative style. The main themes extracted from the study were"establishment of medical centers in the frontlines", "organization of emergency medical teams", "establishment of operating rooms", "nursing duties inthe operating room", "documentation of medical interventions", and "vulnerability of nurses in the operating room". Conclusion:The findings of this study will significantly enhance the current knowledge regarding operating room nursing practiceduring the Iran-Iraq war, enabling a greater understanding of this particular medical experience.

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“…53 Crew training is considered essential for everyone to learn, but its benefits to individuals are difficult to measure if it then improves the performance of all staff. 54…”

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Patient safety: latent risk factors

Beuzekom

Boer

Akerboom

et al. 2010

British Journal of Anaesthesia

115

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The person-centred analysis and prevention approach has long dominated proposals to improve patient safety in healthcare. In this approach, the focus is on the individual responsible for making an error. An alternative is the systems-centred approach, in which attention is paid to the organizational factors that create precursors for individual errors. This approach assumes that since humans are fallible, systems must be designed to prevent humans from making errors or to be tolerant to those errors. The questions raised by this approach might, for example, include asking why an individual had specific gaps in their knowledge, experience, or ability. The systems approach focuses on working conditions rather than on errors of individuals, as the likelihood of specific errors increases with unfavourable conditions. Since the factors that promote errors are not directly visible in the working environment, they are described as latent risk factors (LRFs). Safety failures in anaesthesia, in particular, and medicine, in general, result from multiple unfavourable LRFs, so we propose that effective interventions require that attention is paid to interactions between multiple factors and actors. Understanding how LRFs affect safety can enable us to design more effective control measures that will impact significantly on both individual performance and patient outcomes.

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Experiences of Australian Army Theatre Nurses

Cited by 5 publications

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The nursing legacy of the Korea Sisters

The nursing legacy of the Korea Sisters

Experiences of the civilian Iranian operating room nurses: A historical survey of the Iran-Iraq war

Patient safety: latent risk factors

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