title: Strategies to support nurse work reintegration after deployment constructed from analysis of army nurses' redeployment experiences.
abstract: Many military nurses find a period of transition is necessary in order to fully return to work after deployment. Coworkers and supervisors can be a positive or negative force in that transition. Using data from a larger study, evidence-based strategies to support nurses who return to nursing work after deployment were developed. Having an understanding of what returning nurses say about their "coming home" phase can help coworkers and supervisors be a positive force in work transition. A table of tasks with explanations is provided to assist coworkers and supervisors in facilitating the transition back to noncombat nurse work.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing Science, Army Medical Department Center and School, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Denise L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Hopkins-Chadwick
mesh_terms: D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D008888:Military Nursing; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology; D062707:Return to Work / Q000523:psychology; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014857:Warfare