title: Committed to working for the community: experiences of a public health nurse in a remote area during the Great East Japan Earthquake.
abstract: We examined the experiences of a public health nurse (PHN) in a rural area affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. We used an ethnographic method to obtain in-depth information about her experiences, from which six themes were developed. The PHN risked her life to protect members of the community, but she remained anxious to see her own young children as soon as possible. Nevertheless, she was strongly committed to helping community members and continued to work for them. We suggest creating a practical system to allow PHNs to obtain information about the safety of their own families during a disaster.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Women's Health Nursing , Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine , Sendai , Japan.
authors.forename: Mari
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.affiliation: a Department of Women's Health Nursing , Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine , Sendai , Japan.
authors.forename: Fumi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Atogami
authors.affiliation: a Department of Women's Health Nursing , Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine , Sendai , Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.affiliation: a Department of Women's Health Nursing , Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine , Sendai , Japan.
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kusaka
authors.affiliation: a Department of Women's Health Nursing , Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine , Sendai , Japan.
authors.forename: Toyoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshizawa
mesh_terms: D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D004190:Disasters; D055866:Earthquakes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007564:Japan; D024802:Nurse's Role; D064689:Nurses, Public Health; D011637:Public Health Nursing; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D019035:Rural Health Services; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires