Experiences of Intensive Care Nurses Caring for COVID-19 Patients: A Qualitative Study

Authors : Eda ÜNAL, Mevlüt Okan AYDİN, Aysel ÖZDEMİR

Pages : 503-508

Doi:10.53424/balikesirsbd.1212963

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Publication Date : 2023-09-28

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objective: Objective:The aim of this study is to examine the experiences of intensive care nurses in the process of providing care to COVID-19 patients. Material and Methods: A qualitative descriptive design was used. Twenty intensive care nurses participated with the purposeful sampling method. The data was collected through semi-structured WhatsApp web video calls. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Results: Two main themes were obtained: insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(1); psychological impact; insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2); physical impact. Fear, loneliness, stress, psychological fatigue, psychological fatigue, feeling of death sub-themes were obtained from the main theme of psychological impact, while working conditions, working with personal protective equipment sub-themes were obtained from the main theme of physical impact. Conclusion: Nurses who had to work during the COVID19 pandemic were found to have psychological and physical impacts
Keywords : COVID19, Yoğun bakım, Hemşire, Deneyim, Nitel çalışma