A Qualitative Study on the Experiences of Volunteer Nurses about After the Elbistan Earthquake

Authors : Ayşegül Yıldız İçigen, Elif Zeynep Metin Gemici

Pages : 516-524

Doi:10.53424/balikesirsbd.1403378

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Publication Date : 2024-12-25

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objective: This study was carried out to examine the experiences of nurses working voluntarily in the field after the Elbistan earthquake. Materials and Methods: This study was carried out in a phenomenological design by using the qualitative research method. The sample of the study was determined by snowball sampling, one of the purposeful sampling methods, and the study was carried out with 16 nurses who accepted to participate in the study and met the inclusion criteria. The data were collected face to face between April 3 and July 30, 2023 by individual in-depth interview method and a semi-structured interview form was used as a data collection tool. Results: This study, nurses stated that they felt emotions such as \\\"anxiety, fear, stress, sadness, restlessness, desire to take action, trauma, uneasiness, helplessness, anxiety, guilt\\\" after receiving the news of the earthquake. The difficulties experienced by nurses were \\\"lack of disaster nursing experience, uncertainty about the condition of the field, concern for safety, challenging psychological environment, concern for competence, fear of making mistakes, concern for harm, bodies with damaged integrity, seeing too many deaths.\\\" Conclusion: The obtained experiences highlight that disaster nursing should encompass management, organization, coordination, teamwork, and crisis management skills, along with disaster-specific nursing care. Nurses need to be better equipped for disaster nursing.
Keywords : Afet, Afet Hemşireliği, Deprem, Hemşirelik Bakımı.