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

Year 2023, , 503 - 508, 28.09.2023

Eda Ünal , Mevlüt Okan Aydin , Aysel Özdemir

https://doi.org/10.53424/balikesirsbd.1212963

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: (1) psychological impact; (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

COVID-19, Intensive Care, Nurse, Experience, Qualitative Study

Project Number

YOK

COVID-19 Hastalarına Bakım Veren Yoğun Bakım Hemşirelerinin Deneyimleri: Niteliksel Bir Çalışma

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, yoğun bakım hemşirelerinin COVID-19 hastalarına bakım sağlama sürecinde yaşadıklarını incelemektir. Gereç ve Yöntem: Niteliksel tanımlayıcı tasarım kullanılmıştır. Amaçlı örnekleme yöntemi ile 20 yoğun bakım hemşiresi katılmıştır. Veriler, yarı yapılandırılmış soru formu ile WhatsApp web görüntülü görüşmelerle toplanmıştır. Veriler, tematik analiz kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Bulgular: Psikolojik ve fiziksel etkilenim olmak üzere iki ana tema elde edilmiştir. Psikolojik etkilenim ana temasından korku, yalnızlık, stres, psikolojik yorgunluk, ölümü hissetme alt temaları elde edilirken, fiziksel etkilenim ana temasından çalışma şartları, kişisel koruyucu ekipmanla çalışma alt temaları elde edilmiştir. Sonuç: COVID19 salgınında çalışmak zorunda kalan hemşirelerin psikolojik ve fiziksel alanda etkilenimlerinin olduğu belirlendi.

Keywords

COVID19, Yoğun bakım, Hemşire, Deneyim, Nitel çalışma

Supporting Institution

YOK

Project Number

YOK

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