Nurses in surgical-trauma units are susceptible to compassion fatigue due to work-related stressors. Mitigating and preventing compassion fatigue are critical to supporting the health and well-being of surgical-trauma nurses. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a surgical-trauma unit was converted to a designated COVID-19 unit. Nurses verbalized feelings of burnout and stress during the pandemic and...
The NDE is a fascinating but not uncommon phenomenon that some trauma victims experience during physical crises or periods of apparent clinical death. When critical care trauma nurses are familiar with the characteristics of the experience, they are able to assist trauma victims to understand available information about NDEs. More important, critical care nurses are able to assist victims and...