Abstract

There is a cost to caring and emergency health care providers are exposed to patients experiencing trauma and family distress on a regular basis. This cost may be amplified with children. It is important to understand the emotional and psychological costs to health care providers caring for children who die.

Author Details

Judith Elwanda Lindsay, PhD, School of Nursing, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA

Sigma Membership

Unknown

Lead Author Affiliation

Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA

Type

Poster

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

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Research Approach

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Keywords:

Death, Pediatric, Provider

Conference Name

28th International Nursing Research Congress

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Dublin, Ireland

Conference Year

2017

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Lived experience of emergency service personnel in pediatric resuscitation and unexpected death: A phenomenological study

Dublin, Ireland

There is a cost to caring and emergency health care providers are exposed to patients experiencing trauma and family distress on a regular basis. This cost may be amplified with children. It is important to understand the emotional and psychological costs to health care providers caring for children who die.