Abstract
As part of the 2019 Emergency/Trauma/Transport Nursing Workforce Survey, nurses practicing
across the emergency spectrum described their biggest challenges and recounted examples
of when they or an emergency, trauma or transport nurse colleague made an important
impact on a human, medical or operational outcome. Their frank, constructive and compelling
responses offer nurse leaders and administrators a unique window into what nurses
caring for emergent patients need to succeed and how they impact outcomes. This article
presents 10 top themes from the impact and challenges data, features verbatim open-ended
responses, and highlights select quantitative data from this expansive, first ever
research.
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Biography
Janie Schumaker, MBA, BSN, RN, CEN, CENP, CPHQ, FABC, is executive director at the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) in Oak Brook, Illinois, and board president at the American Board of Nursing Specialties (ABNS), in Birmingham, Alabama. She can be reached at [email protected]
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Publication history
Published online: June 30, 2020
Accepted:
March 16,
2020
Received:
January 31,
2020
Footnotes
Note: The author would like to thank all the extraordinary emergency, trauma, and transport nurses who participated in this study. The author also would like to acknowledge William Taylor, PhD, and Tim McGonigle, PhD, at the Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO), for their assistance in analyzing the ETTS qualitative data. This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
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