A qualitative study of resilience and posttraumatic stress disorder in United States ICU nurses
Intensive Care MedicinePublished 23 May 2012
Meredith Mealer, J. K. N. Jones, Marc Moss
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Highly resilient ICU nurses utilize positive coping skills and psychological characteristics that allow them to continue working in the stressful ICU environment and these characteristics and skills may be used to develop target therapies to prevent PTSD inICU nurses.
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Highly resilient ICU nurses utilize positive coping skills and psychological characteristics that allow them to continue working in the stressful ICU environment. These characteristics and skills may be used to develop target therapies to prevent PTSD in ICU nurses.
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PsychologyHealth ProfessionsNursing
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