Exploring nurses' perception of taking care of patients with coronavirus disease (COVID‐19): A qualitative study

Galehdar, Nasrin and Toulabi, Tahereh and Kamran, Aziz and Heydari, Heshmatolah (2020) Exploring nurses' perception of taking care of patients with coronavirus disease (COVID‐19): A qualitative study. Nursing Open.

[img]
Preview
Text
galedar nursing.pdf

Download (400kB) | Preview

Abstract

Aim Healthcare staff, especially nurses, who are in the frontline of caring of patients with COVID‐19 have valuable experiences about taking care of these patients. Therefore, the aim of this study was exploring nurses' perception of taking care of patients with COVID‐19. Design This qualitative study was performed using the conventional content analysis method. Methods 13 nurses who were taking care of patients with COVID‐19 were selected using purposeful sampling in the Lorestan University of Medical Sciences. The data were collected through telephone interviews and analysed based on the Lundman and Graneheim's approach. Results Qualitative analysis of the data revealed 3 sub‐categories, 8 categories and 3 main categories including care erosion, nursing professional growth and necessities. Relevance to clinical practice Improve the work situation of the nurses during care of COVID‐19 patients, which can directly or indirectly improve the quality of care of these patients.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Medicine
Depositing User: samira sepahvandy
Date Deposited: 20 Dec 2020 04:28
Last Modified: 20 Dec 2020 04:28
URI: http://eprints.lums.ac.ir/id/eprint/2523

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item