Year: 1993
Type: article
Abstract: T he stress of caring for victims of massive trauma is well documented (Cooper, 1990).While the daily occupational demands placed on critical care staff can be stimulating, challenging, and extremely rewarding, they can also lead to professional burnout when unchecked (Nicholson, 1990).Frequently these dedicated health professionals expend enormous energy caring for their clients, only to neglect their own needs and/or those of their loved ones (Golembiewski, 1991).During the Persian Gulf War, many caregivers were displaced from their normal positions and deployed to positions overseas or recalled to backfill the vacancies of their active duty counterparts in the United States.For the vast majority, the anticipation of events such as massive casualties, the possibility of deployment to the Persian Gulf, and the very real fear of one's own mortality was extremely stressful.The realization and acceptance that many of life's circumstances are beyond the control of the
Source: AAOHN Journal
Author: Mary Lou Wassel
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4300647425