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Volume 6, Issue 1 (Suppl) J Nurs Care
ISSN: 2167-1168 JNC, an open access journal Nursing Global 2017
March 01-02, 2017
March 01-02, 2017 Amsterdam, Netherlands
24th Global
Nursing & Healthcare
Getting back in the game: Returning to work after a depression
Heather MacDonald
University of New Brunswick, Canada
In this grounded theory study 40 English speaking women from a rural province of Canada were interviewed to learn about their
experiences of returning to work after a depression. Women described getting back in the game as being difficult and challenging as
they had not completely recovered by the time they returned to work. However, they felt compelled to return to work in order to keep
their jobs, in order to resume health and social benefits, and to reinstate their wages. A number of themes emerged from the interview
data. These included the presence of stigma, the active pursuit of silence, and battling adversity. Each of these core themes serves
to describe the women’s experiences of returning to work. The women described wearing a mask or “putting on a face” to combat
the stigma associated with their illness. In this presentation the three themes will be discussed along with a thorough description of
wearing a mask. Strategies that employers can employ to ease the transition back to work will be discussed.
Biography
Dr. MacDonald completed a Master’s degree in Nursing at the University of Toronto, Canada and a PhD at the University of Manchester in the UK. Currently she is
a Professor in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of New Brunswick (Canada). Dr. MacDonald’s doctoral work examined respite for parents who were caring
for children who required complex care. This paper comes from that work. Dr. MacDonald has three children of her own.
Heather MacDonald, J Nurs Care 2017, 6:1 (Suppl)