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Debriefing after a crisis.

Submitted by admin on Mon, 01/28/2008 - 06:47.

Authors:

Hanna, Debra R.; Romana, Maria

Source:

Nursing Management, Volume 38, Number 8, p.p38 - 47 (2007)

URL:

http://search.ebscohost.com.liboff.ohsu.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=26379815&site=ehost-live

Keywords:

PSYCHOLOGICAL debriefing; NURSES; DISTRESS (Psychology); STRESS management; CRISIS intervention (Mental health services); BRIEF psychotherapy

Abstract:

The article emphasizes the application of debriefing or critical incident stress debriefing (CISD) to manage moral distress in nurses. Moral distress affects the work performance of nurses. Debriefing is an event-processing session that can be conducted by a counselor, professional peer or a therapist. Each session of a CISD program is composed of eight process, namely introduction, gathering information, generating reaction, symptom phase, stress response, stress management recommendation, incident phase and referral.