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The Experiences of Nurses and Midwives Providing Care for COVID-19 Patients and Their Special Precautions for Protection

Year 2022, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 28 - 34, 23.03.2022

Abstract

The study aimed to determine the experiences of nurses and midwives providing care for COVID-19 patients and their special precautions for protection. This studies sample consisted of 354 nurses and midwives who agreed to participate in the study between September 2020 and February 2021, who were from all regions of Turkey, and who filled the online form. The data were collected with a questionnaire form prepared by the researchers according to the literature; the form contained the information on nurses' and midwives' characteristics and their opinions on the COVID-19 process. The COVID-19 affected the psychology of 90.4% of the participants negatively. The rate of the participants who were positive for the COVID-19 test was 3.9%; the rate of those who had a colleague with COVID-19 was 81.4%. 67.2% of the participants stated that the protective materials given by their institutions were inadequate. Therefore, they also obtained protective materials by their means. Except for the materials used for protection from the pandemic, the rate of those who made special applications was 14.7%. 38.4% of those who made special applications washed their hands all the time, and 34.6% of them took vitamin supplements. As a result, some of the participants provided this equipment with their means due to the insufficiency of those provided by their department. The special precautions used for the protection from the epidemic were mostly hand washing and taking vitamin supplements. The measures should be taken against problems in the supply and use of protective equipment.

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The Experiences of Nurses and Midwives Providing Care for COVID-19 Patients and Their Special Precautions for Protection

Year 2022, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 28 - 34, 23.03.2022

Abstract

Çalışma, COVID-19 hastalarına bakım veren hemşire ve ebelerin deneyimlerini ve korunmaya yönelik aldıkları özel önlemleri belirlemeyi amaçladı. Bu çalışmanın örneklemi, Eylül 2020-Şubat 2021 tarihleri arasında Türkiye'nin tüm bölgelerinden araştırmaya katılmayı kabul eden ve online formu dolduran 354 hemşire ve ebeden oluşmaktadır. Veriler, araştırmacılar tarafından literatüre uygun olarak hazırlanan anket formu ile toplanmıştır; formda hemşire ve ebelerin özellikleri ve COVID-19 sürecine ilişkin görüşleri yer aldı. COVID-19 katılımcıların %90,4'ünün psikolojisini olumsuz etkilemiştir. COVID-19 testi pozitif çıkan katılımcıların oranı %3,9; COVID-19'lu meslektaşı olanların oranı ise %81,4’dü. Katılımcıların %67,2'si kurumları tarafından verilen koruyucu malzemelerin yetersiz olduğunu ifade etmiştir. Bu nedenle, kendi imkanlarıyla da koruyucu malzemeler almışlardır. Pandemiden korunmak için kullanılan malzemeler dışında özel uygulama yapanların oranı %14,7’ydi. Özel uygulama yapanların %38,4'ü ellerini sürekli yıkarken, %34,6'sı vitamin takviyesi aldığını belirtmiştir. Sonuç olarak katılımcıların bir kısmı, bölümlerinin sağladığı imkanların yetersizliğinden dolayı bu ekipmanı kendi imkanlarıyla temin etmiştir. Salgından korunmak için kullanılan özel önlemler çoğunlukla el yıkama ve vitamin takviyesi almaktı.

References

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  • 4. American Library Association. Total coronavirus cases in Turkey and in world. Available to: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/turkey/
  • 5. Cetintepe SP, Ilhan MN. COVID-19 salgınında sağlık çalışanlarında risk azaltılması. Journal of Biotechnology and Strategic Health Research. 2020;4:50-54.
  • 6. International Council of Nurses (ICN). Nursing the world to health - ICN announces theme for international nurses day 2020. Available to: https://www.icn.ch/news/nursing-world-health-icn-announces-theme-international-nurses-day-2020.
  • 7. Choi KR, Skrine Jeffers K, Logsdon MC. Nursing and the novel coronavirus: risks and responsibilities in a global outbreak. J Adv Nurs. 2020;76(7):1486-1487. doi: 10.1111/jan.14369
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Primary Language English
Subjects Health Care Administration
Journal Section Articles
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Nurten Terkeş 0000-0002-1644-8382

Sabriye Uçan Yamaç 0000-0002-3932-8017

Publication Date March 23, 2022
Published in Issue Year 2022 Volume: 5 Issue: 1

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APA Terkeş, N., & Uçan Yamaç, S. (2022). The Experiences of Nurses and Midwives Providing Care for COVID-19 Patients and Their Special Precautions for Protection. Turkish Journal of Health Science and Life, 5(1), 28-34.