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


Fundamental Structure of the Experience:

The Deployment Trajectory


Preparing

Notification
Urgency, packing and gathering information
Picking people
Previous experience


Arriving

Getting here
Initial arrangements
Natural and hostile environmental factors
Orientation and setting up
First casualties


Living

Communal living
Daily living and elements of life
Humor and little luxuries
Boredom and problems from home
Opportunities
Cultural differences
Human responses and danger


Working

Challenges and language barriers
Daily routine
Logistics and improvization
Additional duties and staffing mix
Population diversity and patient conditions
Dangerous environment and bunkers
Practice standards
Competency and translating into different environments


Leaving

Looking back
Saying goodbye and closing down
Lessons learned and next time
Going home