title: Christmas in the ward.
abstract: For most people Christmas is traditionally a home-centred celebration, but for many nurses Christmas Day is spent at work. How do those nurses combine family commitments and professional ones? Is working on Christmas Day a joy or a chore? The Lamp spoke to a number of nurses who are veterans of a Christmas in the ward to find out.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D005190:Family; D006693:Holidays; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*