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- Title
A Qualitative Study of School Nurses' Experience of Secondary Trauma.
- Authors
Grano, Catherine
- Abstract
This qualitative descriptive study explored school nurses' experiences of exposure to reports of trauma from those in their care. Online interviews of school nurses practicing in NJ, USA, were recorded and transcribed verbatim. The study found that school nurses were exposed to reports of others' trauma to varying degrees, with those serving in urban settings reporting more stories of exposure than those in suburban settings. Reports included numerous, layered traumas at the community and individual levels, including students' poverty-related adversity and psychological distress. Qualitative content analysis revealed four categories: Health Office as Safe Haven, Challenges Working Within the School Model, Things That We Hear: Reports of Trauma, and The Ripple Effect of Trauma. School-based challenges included a lack of collaboration, misunderstanding of the school nurse's role, and workload issues such as competing demands and limited time and resources. School nurses reported focusing on the individual's immediate needs and processing the experience afterward. They acknowledged they can only do so much, and shared stories of coping and resilience. Additional education, resources, and support in addressing student trauma can enhance the provision of school nursing services and support the well-being of school nurses, students, and staff. Further research is warranted with a larger and more diverse sample of school nurses, including attention to school nurse wellness and resilience strategies.
- Subjects
NURSES; PSYCHOLOGICAL distress; QUALITATIVE research; SOCIAL determinants of health; CONTENT analysis; STATISTICAL sampling; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; JUDGMENT sampling; EMOTIONAL trauma; EXPERIENCE; SCHOOL nursing; NURSES' attitudes; RESEARCH methodology; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Creative Nursing, 2024, Vol 30, Issue 3, p220
- ISSN
1078-4535
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/10784535241268094