TY - JOUR
T1 - Committed to Working for the Community
T2 - Experiences of a Public Health Nurse in a Remote Area During the Great East Japan Earthquake
AU - Sato, Mari
AU - Atogami, Fumi
AU - Nakamura, Yasuka
AU - Kusaka, Yuko
AU - Yoshizawa, Toyoko
PY - 2015/11/2
Y1 - 2015/11/2
N2 - We examined the experiences of a public health nurse (PHN) in a rural area affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. We used an ethnographic method to obtain in-depth information about her experiences, from which six themes were developed. The PHN risked her life to protect members of the community, but she remained anxious to see her own young children as soon as possible. Nevertheless, she was strongly committed to helping community members and continued to work for them. We suggest creating a practical system to allow PHNs to obtain information about the safety of their own families during a disaster.
AB - We examined the experiences of a public health nurse (PHN) in a rural area affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. We used an ethnographic method to obtain in-depth information about her experiences, from which six themes were developed. The PHN risked her life to protect members of the community, but she remained anxious to see her own young children as soon as possible. Nevertheless, she was strongly committed to helping community members and continued to work for them. We suggest creating a practical system to allow PHNs to obtain information about the safety of their own families during a disaster.
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U2 - 10.1080/07399332.2014.942908
DO - 10.1080/07399332.2014.942908
M3 - Article
C2 - 25102036
AN - SCOPUS:84947016783
VL - 36
SP - 1224
EP - 1238
JO - Issues in Health Care of Women
JF - Issues in Health Care of Women
SN - 0739-9332
IS - 11
ER -
