title: Letting the healing begin.
abstract: Overconfident and too proud to go through debriefing after a traumatic experience on the job, this nurse almost lost her career. Her candor may help you cope with a critical incident at work.
authors.affiliation: Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Laing
mesh_terms: D016529:Emergency Nursing; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000517:prevention & control*