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Little is known about the (dis)stress that some of these perioperative nurses experienced nor how best to support them during such experiences.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Aim:\u2002<\/jats:bold> The aim of this paper is to report on the qualitiative study that explored the experiences of those perioperative nurses involved in the surgical separation of cojoined twins and from their stories propose recommendations to support perioperative nurses who are confronted with such workplace experiences.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:\u2002<\/jats:bold> Using a narrative methodology, nine perioperative nurses shared their stories of being involved in the surgical separation of conjoined twins in Australia. Narrative and thematic analyses were conducted and recommendations to support perioperative nurses through workplace (dis)stress were identified. 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