The Experience of Volunteering for Hurricane Katrina Relief / Theoretical Explanations for Nurses’ Involvement as Volunteers in Global Disasters

Author

Deborah Ulmer, Virginia Commonwealth University

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25772/HG1E-J529

Defense Date

2008

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy

Department

Adult Health Nursing

First Advisor

Nancy McCain

Abstract

This study is about the nature of nurses' decision making related to volunteering to provide humanitarian aid in a major national disaster. Additionally, it is about the lived experience of nurses who volunteered in that disaster. It is a transcendental phenomenological study using the approach of Clarke Moustakas and the purpose of the study was to describe the experiences of the nurses, their reasons for volunteering, and the impact of their experience on their lives several years later.

Rights

© The Author

Is Part Of

VCU University Archives

Is Part Of

VCU Theses and Dissertations

Date of Submission

August 2008