"This is an absolute witch-hunt for nursing, and nobody feels safe." A qualitative study of nurses, mental health, and the criminal prosecution of a nurse error

• Patricia Dekeseredy ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: patricia.dekeseredy@hsc.wvu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6083-5358

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• Treah Haggerty,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

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• Cara L. Sedney

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

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