1 40 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource March 2022 List Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Citation List Month March 2022 List URL Address <a href="http://doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.2022.e1403" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://doi.org/​10.7748/ncyp.2022.e1403</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Nurses' experiences of managing vulnerability when working with seriously ill children Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Nursing Children and Young People Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022 Subject The topic of the resource clinical; grief; professional issues; child health; end of life care; professional; attitudes to death; nurses’ wellbeing Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nugent A; Donohue G; Higgins A Description An account of the resource BACKGROUND: Nurses who work with very unwell or dying children may experience intense sorrow and distress in response to loss, which can take an emotional toll on them, potentially affecting care provision. AIM: This study aimed to explore the experiences of children's nurses who work with seriously ill children and to gain an insight into the dynamics involved in working with children and their families, as well as the nurses' experiences of managing their own vulnerability. METHODS: In-depth interviews were conducted with five children's nurse participants, and data were analysed using interpretive phenomenological analysis. FINDINGS: Three thematic categories were identified - 'being emotionally full', 'navigating the rules of grief' and 'prism of time'. Caring for seriously ill and dying children is a unique type of nursing and is often regarded as contrary to the 'natural' process of life. Findings were dominated by unresolved grief and the mechanisms used to cope with this emotional pain. CONCLUSION: Nurse educators must be aware of the strategies that people use to avoid engaging with painful emotional experiences. Without this understanding and self-awareness, children's nurses can be caught in a cycle of unresolved grief that affects their own health and could affect their ability to engage with children and families in an empathetic and supportive way. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="http://doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.2022.e1403" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.7748/ncyp.2022.e1403</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Article information provided for research and reference use only. PedPalASCNET does not hold any rights over the resource listed here. All rights are retained by the journal listed under publisher and/or the creator(s). 2022 attitudes to death Child Health Clinical Donohue G End Of Life Care Grief Higgins A March 2022 List Nugent A nurses’ wellbeing Nursing Children and Young People Professional professional issues