The Opinions and Experiences of Nurses on One Year with the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study

Year 2024, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 76 - 89, 03.05.2024

Nilgün Göktepe , Seda Sarıköse

https://doi.org/10.56061/fbujohs.1317195

Abstract

This study aimed to reveal the opinions and experiences of nurses who took an active role in the fight against the pandemic during the one-year period after the first reported COVID-19 case in Turkey.This qualitative, descriptive study used an in-depth, individual interview method. The COREQ Checklist was used in the study. Data were collected from semi-structured interviews conducted in 2021 with 11 nurses who were recruited via purposive and maximum variation sampling. Data was analyzed used to content analysis. Content analysis of the data revealed three main themes (“Individual Impacts of COVID-19 on Nurses,” “Working Experiences of Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” and “The Effects of COVID-19 on the Nursing Profession”) and eight subthemes.This study’s results revealed that the nurses who worked actively during the COVID-19 pandemic were psychologically, physiologically, and socially affected though they gained some achievements while responding to challenges in the work environment during the first year of the pandemic. In addition, in this period, it was determined that their thoughts and wishes about the nursing profession and the role of nursing differed.

Keywords

COVID-19, experiences, nurses

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Hemşirelerin COVID-19 Salgını ile Geçen Bir Yıla İlişkin Görüş ve Deneyimleri: Kalitatif Bir Çalışma

Abstract

Bu çalışma, Covid-19 salgınının Türkiyede’ki ilk vakanın bildirildiği tarihten bu yana geçen bir yılki süre içerisinde aktif rol alan hemşirelerin, salgınla mücadeleye ilişkin görüş ve deneyimlerini ortaya koymak amacı ile yapılmıştır. Bu nitel, tanımlayıcı çalışmada derinlemesine, bireysel görüşme yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Çalışmada COREQ Kontrol Listesi kullanılmıştır. Veriler, amaçlı ve maksimum çeşitlilik örneklemesi yoluyla belirlenen 11 hemşire ile 2021 yılında gerçekleştirilen yarı yapılandırılmış görüşmelerden toplanmıştır. Veriler içerik analizi kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Verilerin içerik analizi üç ana temayı (“COVID-19'un Hemşireler Üzerindeki Bireysel Etkileri”, “COVID-19 Pandemisi Sırasında Hemşirelerin Çalışma Deneyimleri” ve “COVID-19'un Hemşirelik Mesleği Üzerindeki Etkileri”) ve sekiz alt temayı ortaya çıkardır. Bu çalışmanın sonuçları, COVID-19 pandemisi sırasında aktif olarak çalışan hemşirelerin, pandeminin ilk yılında çalışma ortamındaki zorluklara yanıt verirken bazı başarılar elde etmelerine rağmen psikolojik, fizyolojik ve sosyal olarak etkilendiklerini ortaya koymuştur. Ayrıca bu dönemde, hemşirelerin hemşirelik mesleğine ve hemşirelik rolüne ilişkin düşünce ve isteklerinin farklılaştığı belirlenmiştir

Keywords

COVID-19, deneyim, hemşireler

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Project Number

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