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Trauma In Nursing

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At that moment, I got a page, a trauma alert was coming in 20 minutes. As you may know, I like to attend traumas. And this time even more because it was past 5 pm and I had not gotten any trauma. Therefore, I called Eileen, who was in triage, so she could stay with Dianne while I went to the trauma bay. Eileen and Anne came to the 9th floor and I let Eileen know what was happening. She stayed with Dianne, while Anne and I walked to the trauma bay. In the corridor, we found Dianne’s sister, so we escorted her to the nurse’s station where Dianne was. Then, Anne and I went to the trauma room. While we were walking, she asked me to reflect on something: Why did I prefer going to the trauma bay instead of staying with Dianne and her family? The first answer I gave was: Because I like attend traumas and this is the first one I get. Also, because …show more content…

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a. Family dynamics: Mom is at the hospital and her daughter was with her when she suffered a complication. Dad and the other daughter are on their way to the hospital.

b. Role of patient’s cultural background: N/A.

c. Theological or spiritual themes: Death was a possibility in front of us, especially for the very hopeless scene that the doctor presented to us. And apparently God did not have room in the situation.

d. Factors in my history that helped me to connect with the patient: Being without family at that moment made me reflect on the importance of my presence to stay with her.

e. I was different from her because I have not experienced the death of a close family member. Nor I have been at a hospital visiting someone when something goes wrong.

f. Pastoral identity: I felt my pastoral identity was validated for the doctors and nurses who were waiting for a chaplain to accompany Dianne and offer her emotional support. They were thankful with words and bodily gestures. I felt Dianne felt accompanied by me and supported too. She was grateful when I left and Eileen came to stay with

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