Nurses After War: The Reintegration Experience of Nurses Returning from Iraq and Afghanistan

by Mary Ellen Doherty, Elizabeth Scannell-Desch, OCNS Scannell-Desch, Elizabeth, PhD, RN, et al.

Based on candid interviews with 35 nurses who were deployed for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, this is the first book to reveal the stresses and moral dilemmas they experienced as they transitioned back into everyday life. The nurses share their difficulties with family separation, clinical reassignments, post-traumatic stress disorder, the perceived stigma of seeking mental health counseling, and compassion fatigue. They describe how "doing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826194133
• ISBN13: 9780826194138
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.1"