Lived Body Principle of a Nurse’s Experience in Emergency Treatment at Remote Area Kokonao, Papua, Indonesia

Abstract

Introduction: Medical service at remote places, far from complete medical facilities, provides different challenges for medical workers, especially nurse, they need to prepare themselves both physically and mentally to get their job done properly. By any limitation, it is needed a tough medical worker. Objective: It is to explore the meaning of physical and mental experiences (lived body) of a medical worker in committing emergency treatment at remote place, Kokanao, Western Mimika, Papua. Method: The method are qualitative by using phenomenology interpretative approach and Van Manen data analysis. Results: The emerging themes based on lived body principle are two: physical difficulties in facing limited nature conditions and society’s cultures and mental fatigue in facing negative action of society. Conclusion: A nurse commences task at remote place, especially Kokonao, Papua, Indonesia, experienced both physical and mental abuses. Any faced limitation at remote place will not hinder them to unlimitedly serve.