Nurses’ experiences of caring for severe COVID-19 patients / 중환자간호학회지
Journal of Korean Critical Care Nursing
; (3): 14-26, 2022.
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in Ko
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ABSTRACT
Purpose@#: This study aimed to understand and describe the nurses’ experiences caring for severe COVID-19 patients at isolation room with negative pressure in South Korea. @*Methods@#: Data were collected through individual in-depth interviews from February 16 to March 31, 2021 with 11 nurses who had been caring for severe COVID-19 patients at isolation room. Verbatim transcripts were analyzed according to Colaizzi’s phenomenological analysis. @*Results@#: As a result, 5 theme clusters were extracted about nurses’ experiences. The 5 theme clusters, “Adapting to unexpected adversity”, “Accepting unresonable and heavy work”, “Dulness and disconnection from the outside world”, “Changing in perception of new infectious diseases”, and “Pathetic isolated patients” emerged. @*Conclusion@#: The results of this study provided a deeper understanding of nurses struggling to care for COVID-19 severe patients. This study is expected to be useful in providing basic evidence for improving intensive care practices and for preparing policies in other infection disease situations.
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WPRIM
Type of study:
Qualitative_research
Language:
Ko
Journal:
Journal of Korean Critical Care Nursing
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article