Ready for the front line

Nurs Stand. 2014 May 13;28(36):62. doi: 10.7748/ns2014.05.28.36.62.s61.

Abstract

Tristan Griffin, officer commanding for the British Army's field mental health team, introduced a programme of mindfulness--a form of meditation--for nurses and medical reservists preparing for deployment to Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, site of the largest military hospital in the world.

MeSH terms

  • Afghan Campaign 2001-
  • Humans
  • Military Nursing*
  • Nursing Staff / psychology
  • Resilience, Psychological
  • Stress, Psychological
  • United Kingdom