Robert Bergren, Vera Gogus, Pamela Rychart, Laura Line
We talked to a member of the Survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury group. He had been in a coma for 5 ½ weeks. Currently the group has 46 members and about half are survivors. The others are friends and family members. The group also has a physician. For this member, the SL group has been very healing and also a lot of fun. He is able to speak about his experience—physical pain, emotional pain, relationships, medications, etc. He is able to get and give comfort, encouragement, and information.
The SL member was glad to see us and seemed excited at our interest. We only spent time with him as no other members of the group were participating at the time. We were impressed by his desire to communicate with others who had similar experiences and to educate friends and family members, as well as us, the healthcare personnel. It is a very simple forum that could benefit the RN as the members share their hopes and desires, fears, and day-to-day coping experiences.
We talked to a member of the Survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury group. He had been in a coma for 5 ½ weeks. Currently the group has 46 members and about half are survivors. The others are friends and family members. The group also has a physician. For this member, the SL group has been very healing and also a lot of fun. He is able to speak about his experience—physical pain, emotional pain, relationships, medications, etc. He is able to get and give comfort, encouragement, and information.
The SL member was glad to see us and seemed excited at our interest. We only spent time with him as no other members of the group were participating at the time. We were impressed by his desire to communicate with others who had similar experiences and to educate friends and family members, as well as us, the healthcare personnel. It is a very simple forum that could benefit the RN as the members share their hopes and desires, fears, and day-to-day coping experiences.
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Nice description of the experience :)
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