The Experiences of Intensive Care Nurses During the COVID-19 Crisis in Turkiye: A Qualitative Study
Background/Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the experiences of intensive care nurses who provided care for COVID-19 patients during the pandemic period. Methods: This study is a descriptive phenomenological study with thematic analysis. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 inte...
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| description | Background/Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the experiences of intensive care nurses who provided care for COVID-19 patients during the pandemic period.
Methods: This study is a descriptive phenomenological study with thematic analysis. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 intensive care nurses in a pandemic hospital which has a total of seven intensive care units with a capacity of 88 beds in northwestern Turkey.
Results: Five main themes and 13 sub-themes emerged from the analysis. The main themes were Professional relations, working conditions, safety, nursing care and psychological aspect.
Conclusion: Intensive care nurses are experiencing intense emotional burden, fear of the unknown, perception of insufficiency and increased workload during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nursing care has been affected by the changes in the course of the disease and isolation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d4b9d63f7c1a411ebbfc732f50b2b3592025-01-02T23:11:46ZengSelcuk University PressGenel Tıp Dergisi2602-37412023-08-0133443944410.54005/geneltip.1285252154The Experiences of Intensive Care Nurses During the COVID-19 Crisis in Turkiye: A Qualitative StudyEda Kes0Duygu Kes1BARTIN ÜNİVERSİTESİKARABÜK ÜNİVERSİTESİBackground/Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the experiences of intensive care nurses who provided care for COVID-19 patients during the pandemic period. Methods: This study is a descriptive phenomenological study with thematic analysis. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 intensive care nurses in a pandemic hospital which has a total of seven intensive care units with a capacity of 88 beds in northwestern Turkey. Results: Five main themes and 13 sub-themes emerged from the analysis. The main themes were Professional relations, working conditions, safety, nursing care and psychological aspect. Conclusion: Intensive care nurses are experiencing intense emotional burden, fear of the unknown, perception of insufficiency and increased workload during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nursing care has been affected by the changes in the course of the disease and isolation.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/3092688covid-19experienceintensive care nursingpandemic |
| spellingShingle | Eda Kes Duygu Kes The Experiences of Intensive Care Nurses During the COVID-19 Crisis in Turkiye: A Qualitative Study Genel Tıp Dergisi covid-19 experience intensive care nursing pandemic |
| title | The Experiences of Intensive Care Nurses During the COVID-19 Crisis in Turkiye: A Qualitative Study |
| title_full | The Experiences of Intensive Care Nurses During the COVID-19 Crisis in Turkiye: A Qualitative Study |
| title_fullStr | The Experiences of Intensive Care Nurses During the COVID-19 Crisis in Turkiye: A Qualitative Study |
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| title_short | The Experiences of Intensive Care Nurses During the COVID-19 Crisis in Turkiye: A Qualitative Study |
| title_sort | experiences of intensive care nurses during the covid 19 crisis in turkiye a qualitative study |
| topic | covid-19 experience intensive care nursing pandemic |
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