Nursing at ground zero: experiences during and after September 11 World Trade Center attack.
The purpose of this study is to discover shared perceptions, feelings, and common experiences of nurses after the September 11th World Trade Center terrorist attack through interpretive analysis of narrative stories of seventeen nurses. Six themes and one constitutive pattern describe the experiences: (a) Loss of a symbol and regaining new meaning, (b) Disaster without patients, (c) Coordinating with and without organizations, (d) Rediscovering the pride in nursing, (e) Traumatic Stress, and (f) Preparing for the future. The constitutive pattern is that nursing enables a humanitarian disaster response.
Dickerson
Suzanne Steffan
SS
University at Buffalo-SUNY, Buffalo, New York, USA.
Jezewski
Mary Ann
MA
Nelson-Tuttle
Christine
C
Shipkey
Nancy
N
Wilk
Nancy
N
Crandall
Blythe
B
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001359:Aviation; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009519:New York City; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013561:Symbolism; D023481:Terrorism / Q000523:psychology*