Case Study- Reference BOOK- Transitions in Nursing

Case Study- Reference BOOK- Transitions in Nursing Page 215 outside literatures can also used to support answers clinically based. Please answer each question in depth. jane was a new graduate in her first week on a medical ward. During an evening shift, an elderly man was admitted to the ward from the emergency department suffering from severe head and facial injuries and fractured ribs. The patient had been the victim of a brutal attack during a robbery in his home. During the attack, the man’s wife was killed. The man was accompanied by a police guard and by members of his family. During the first two shifts that Jane cared for this patient, she was kept very busy dealing with the victim’s physical injuries. The family members were cared for by the senior nurses, who organised support and counselling. The man gradually regained consciousness, and it was then that the full horror of the incident became apparent to Jane. She listened to a description of the events leading up to the assault, and she stayed with the patient as he begged to be allowed to die. He did not want to live without his wife, he said. Jane also found the constant presence of the police officers an intrusion on the nurse-patient relationship. By the fourth day, Jane realised that she was becoming emotionally drained by nursing the patient, dealing with his distress and trying to comfort the family. She broke down on the ward and found it hard to come back to work the next day, thinking that she was not cut out for nursing. A senior nurse on the ward recognised that several other nurses were also experiencing similar distress. She organised for a counsellor from a support group for victims of crime to hold a debriefing session for staff. Everyone attended, including several of the police officers. Jane found great comfort in being able to recognise that the trauma associated with such violence was a normal reaction, and that her response did not indicate weakness on her part. She felt much stronger as a result of the counselling session and returned to caring for the victim with increased empathy and understanding Questions 1. What struck you personally about Jane’s story? 2. What does the story illustrate about the difficulties of dealing with the victims of crime? 3. what strategies would you use to care for your own and your colleagues’s emotional well-being?

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