"Fighting for life and losing": Intensive Care Unit Nursing Staff's Experience With COVID-19 Patient Deaths During the First Two Waves: A Qualitative Study.
Inquiry
; 59: 469580221094327, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1846663
ABSTRACT
The study explored the experiences of intensive care unit nursing staff caring for COVID-19 patients who eventually died during the two first pandemic waves. We used - descriptive-qualitative-phenomenological. The findings included four main themes-the first vs the second COVID-19 waves, fighting for life and being unable to win, a chronicle of pre-determined death, and nurse's emotional coping with patient death. Based on these findings, we have concluded that in order to enhance nurses' mental health, policy makers and governments need to create an appropriate support system for them.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Critical Care Nursing
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COVID-19
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Nursing Staff, Hospital
Type of study:
Qualitative research
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Inquiry
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
00469580221094327
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