title: Crisis and ethical dilemmas: who will care for the rural nurse?
abstract: The critical care nurse who works in the small rural community faces the unique experience of indistinct personal and professional roles. Established relationships in the rural community place the critical care nurse at risk of becoming a victim when ethical and crisis events arise.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Sigsby
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology; D012423:Rural Health; D014218:Triage; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000451:nursing