ABSTRACT
Nurses are front-line health professionals. This is especially so for those in the Emergency Room (ER) and during the COVID-19 pandemic, as they are the key to controlling virus transmission. The purpose of this article is to review the stress management strategies applied by nurses in emergency rooms throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. A scoping review was done by searching for related literature using databases from Science Direct, ProQuest, SAGE Journal, and BMJ. We explored the literature from a relevant point of view and assessed the quality of the research. The data were then mapped to identify the main themes found in the literature. A total of 36 articles were found from the search results and six articles were selected to be analyzed. We observed that stress on nurses is caused by an excessive burden of several factors, such as having a family or child, lifestyle changes, lack of access to personal protective equipment (PPE), lack of self-confidence, as well as feelings, and fatigue. We also observed how nurses managed stress, namely, by strengthening training, positive spiritual coping, social support, and access to mental health services. © 2022, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman. All rights reserved.