title: Examining the role of personal traumas in a nurse's work life.
abstract: In this monthly column, Aysha Mendes discusses the impact a nurse's personal traumas can have on his or her nursing practice, professional and personal experience of caring, and on patients and their families.
authors.affiliation: Freelance Journalist.
authors.forename: Aysha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mendes
mesh_terms: D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D000068099:Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D017132:Workplace