Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 134-136, August 2007

Rural emergency nurse: A true story

  • Jenny Farrer, RN, Grad Dip Clin Nsg (Emerg), Adv Dip Business Management

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Stawell Regional Health, Stawell, VIC, Australia

Received 30 April 2007; accepted 30 April 2007.

Summary 

The risk rural emergency nurses who practice in their own community face is that they one day may have to care for someone close to them or a member of their own family. My journey involved several presentations to the Emergency Department by people I loved, sometimes with devastating results, while still being stricken with grief from the sudden loss of my mother. Altogether, I attended eight funerals in ten months.

Seeking professional help was a crucial step in the healing process.

Keywords: Rural nursing, Emergency department, Emergency nursing

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PII: S1574-6267(07)00070-5

doi:10.1016/j.aenj.2007.04.001

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 134-136, August 2007

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