Rebecca Purc-Stephenson

Apr 10, 2024 | agproud.com | Rebecca Purc-Stephenson

A daughter of a dairy farmer once told me this story about her dad: “He doesn’t talk about things often. He bottles it up inside, and then it gets to a breaking point before they do something about it. Even physically. My dad never broke a bone in his life until he once fell asleep in the chair, stood up, got a spiral crack in his ankle. This happened at 11 p.m., so he went to the emergency room, got a boot on and was milking the next day at 4:30 a.m. He just put a garbage bag around it [laughs].

May 25, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Nilgun ULUTASDEMIR |Rebecca Purc-Stephenson |Lynette Cusack

IntroductionThe emergency and critical care (ECC) departments have always been at the forefront of medical practice, serving as the exclusive hospitalization option for patients with diverse and critical conditions requiring immediate attention. Consequently, nurses working in these departments encounter heightened levels of stress compared to other departments due to the unique professional environment they operate within and the inherent demands of their occupation (Wu, 2015).