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Critical Clinical Events and Resilience Among Emergency Nurses in 3 Trauma Hospital-Based Emergency Departments: A Cross-Sectional Study



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    Introduction: Emergency nurses experience occupational stressors resulting from exposures to critical clinical events. The purpose of this study was to identify the critical clinical events for emergency nurses serving 3 patient populations (general, adult, pediatric) and whether the resilience of these nurses differed by the patient population served. Methods: This study used a cross-sectional survey design. A total of 48 emergency nurses were recruited from 3 trauma hospital-based emergency departments (general, adult, pediatric). Clinical Events Questionnaire, Connor-Davidson Resilience scale, and an investigator-developed demographic questionnaire were used to collect data from respondents. Results: All respondents were female (n = 48, 100%), and most were White (n = 46, 96%). The average age of participants was 39.6 years, the average number of years as a registered nurse was 12.7 years, and the average number of years as an emergency nurse was 8.8 years. Clinical events considered most critical were providing care to a sexually abused child, experiencing the death of a coworker, and lack of responsiveness by a colleague during a serious situation. The least stress-provoking event was incidents with excessive media coverage. Nurses were less affected by the critical events they experienced more frequently at work. Nurses in the 3 trauma settings had high level of resilience, with no statistically significant differences between groups. Discussion: The occupational stress from exposure to significant clinical events varied with the patient population served by emergency nurses. It is important that interventions be adopted to alleviate the effect of work-related stressors and promote the psychological health of emergency nurses. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • ISSN:
    0099-1767
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Grant
  • Genre:
    Journal Article
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Volume:
    48
  • Issue:
    5
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20067893
  • Citation:
    J Emerg Nurs 2022 Sep; 48(5):525-537
  • Contact Point Address:
    Gordon L. Gillespie, PhD, DNP, RN, CEN, CNE, CPEN, PHCNS-BC, FAEN, FAAN, College of Nursing, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210038, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0038
  • Email:
    gordon.gillespie@uc.edu
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2022
  • Performing Organization:
    University of Cincinnati
  • Peer Reviewed:
    True
  • Start Date:
    20050701
  • Source Full Name:
    Journal of Emergency Nursing
  • End Date:
    20260630
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  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:521898f685f9d6ee8e12ec6221b4327f31dda30372e45aa69c60823ca58b7b0cb3628c781cfc9f59b96eb06052b9bf97f2871924bfd42854e19d6c6fbb417680
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