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Spirituality and Vicarious Trauma Among Trauma Clinicians: A Qualitative Study

BACKGROUND: There has been a lack of research so far on spirituality and trauma. There has been some indication that religion and spirituality are resources in protection against burnout. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to understand the phenomenon of spirituality in the context of vicarious tr...

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Autor principal: Muehlhausen, Beth L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8594510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34678805
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JTN.0000000000000616
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description BACKGROUND: There has been a lack of research so far on spirituality and trauma. There has been some indication that religion and spirituality are resources in protection against burnout. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to understand the phenomenon of spirituality in the context of vicarious trauma among trauma clinicians. METHODS: This was a qualitative study based on hermeneutic phenomenological methodology. Individual interviews were conducted with 36 physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants on the relationship between their spirituality and trauma work. RESULTS: Participants were recruited from a large Midwest metropolitan Level I trauma center and attendees at the 2018 Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma annual conference. Four patterns emerged from the interviews that transcended religious or spiritual affiliation and medical specialty. These included (1) the world of trauma; (2) religious or spiritual beliefs guiding their work; (3) the need for support systems; and (4) the importance of coping mechanisms. CONCLUSION: Religion or spirituality plays a role in underlying meaning making and, in the moment, coping for trauma professionals.
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spelling pubmed-85945102021-11-19 Spirituality and Vicarious Trauma Among Trauma Clinicians: A Qualitative Study Muehlhausen, Beth L. J Trauma Nurs Research BACKGROUND: There has been a lack of research so far on spirituality and trauma. There has been some indication that religion and spirituality are resources in protection against burnout. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to understand the phenomenon of spirituality in the context of vicarious trauma among trauma clinicians. METHODS: This was a qualitative study based on hermeneutic phenomenological methodology. Individual interviews were conducted with 36 physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants on the relationship between their spirituality and trauma work. RESULTS: Participants were recruited from a large Midwest metropolitan Level I trauma center and attendees at the 2018 Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma annual conference. Four patterns emerged from the interviews that transcended religious or spiritual affiliation and medical specialty. These included (1) the world of trauma; (2) religious or spiritual beliefs guiding their work; (3) the need for support systems; and (4) the importance of coping mechanisms. CONCLUSION: Religion or spirituality plays a role in underlying meaning making and, in the moment, coping for trauma professionals. Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. 2021-11 2021-10-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8594510/ /pubmed/34678805 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JTN.0000000000000616 Text en © 2021 The Author. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the Infusion Nurses Society https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (CCBYNC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.
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title_short Spirituality and Vicarious Trauma Among Trauma Clinicians: A Qualitative Study
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