The Lived Experience of Chief Nurses in Military Operations Other Than War -- M. Turner


Essential Themes


Paradoxes

High tech/low tech
Luxuries and necessities
Irony and parallel realities


Leading

Greater than the sum of the parts
Role identity and role confusion
Coming together and building trust
Concerns for the welfare
Living in community
Helping to understand
Responsibilities
Communication
Staffing
Making decisions
Pride


Caring

A way of being
Being present
Compassion
Supporting each other
Support received
Lack of support
Doing their best
Profound experiences


Knowing

Ways of knowing
Previous knowledge
Uncertainty
Possibilities and probabilities
Moral distress
Understanding


True Military

Fullness of two professions
From rehearsals to opening night
The big picture and defining moments
Willing to go again