"It Was Never Enough": The Meaning of Nurses' Experiences Caring for Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Issues Ment Health Nurs
; 42(12): 1084-1094, 2021 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1281778
ABSTRACT
This study's aim was to understand nurses' caring experiences during the recent pandemic in the United States. Using an interpretive phenomenological approach, 15 participants provided the meaning of the care they provided. Five major themes were interpreted If not us, then who?; Accepting uncertainty; It was never enough; Finding self and our voices in a new role; and Believing it was worth it. The study results have implications for psychiatric-mental health nurse clinicians as they identify and meet the needs of individuals of this vulnerable group. Research that uncovers the meaning of the caring experiences of front line nurses can illuminate the discipline's current understanding of this phenomena.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Nurses
Type of study:
Qualitative research
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
Issues Ment Health Nurs
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
01612840.2021.1931586
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