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AIM: To build a comparative understanding of nurses' experiences with caring for burned patients with the goal of eliciting possible support strategies. BACKGROUND: Considering the stressful nature of burns nursing, there is a need to develop support strategies for burn care nurses. DESIGN: This meta-ethnographic study used Noblit and Hare's approach and followed PRISMA guidelines. DATA SOURCES: The search databases included PsycINFO, EbscoHost, Google Scholar, ScienceDirect, and PubMed from 1990 to 2017. REVIEW METHODS: Qualitative studies were included in the review if they examined burn care nurses' experiences. The Critical Appraisal Skills Programme quality assessment tool was used to appraise each study. RESULTS: Ten papers (six articles and four theses) published between 1998 and 2014 met the criteria for inclusion. Three key concepts were generated from the synthesis: becoming a burns nurse, work environment, and nurses' emotional responses. The relationships between the concepts were noted to be reciprocal, from which a line of argument was developed using Schutz notion of constructs. CONCLUSION: There is a need to establish structures that can encourage burn care nurses to verbalise their feelings as well as strengthen the nursing team.
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