Background: In their duties, health care workers, especially nurses, have a high risk of being infected with COVID-19 both from patients and non-patients. Some nurses who are infected need to be treated and isolated in the hospital. It is important to understand nurses’ experiences during isolation as this could change the way they provide nursing care for COVID-19 patients in the future. However, this topic has not been studied in Indonesia.Purpose: This study aimed to explore the experience of nurses who were isolated in the hospital due to COVID-19 infection.Methods: This qualitative study was conducted using a descriptive phenomenological approach. The participants were nurses who had been hospitalized in an isolation room, selected through purposive sampling. Data saturation was reached on the 7th participant, and a total of 7 nurses who were infected with COVID-19 participated. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and analyzed using Colaizzi’s phenomenological method.Results: Data analysis resulted in three main themes: (1) Experience at diagnosis (Pre-isolation), with sub-themes: initial reaction, source/origin of infection, early symptoms, and reactions from family and close people; (2) Experiences during isolation, with sub-themes: Feelings in isolation rooms, body reactions to covid-19 therapy, medical response and swab results; and (3) Post-isolation experiences, with sub-themes: post-covid conditions, expectations for other covid patients, and expectations for medical personnel.Conclusion: This study identified nurses’ experience of COVID-19 pre-isolation, isolation and post-isolation. Support from family members, colleagues and leaders are essential for their healing process. Appropriate care planning and approaches are expected to support nurses infected with COVID-19.

ABSTRAK Pendahuluan: Keberadaan perawat sebagai pemberi pelayanan kesehatan sangatlah penting, masyarakat modern saat ini menuntut profesionalisme perawat dalam pelaksanaan tugasnya. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisa persepsi pasien terhadap kompetensi profesional perawat di Rumah Sakit Advent Bandung. Metode: Deskriptif dengan menggunakan kuesioner sebagai instrumen. Kuesioner berisi 22 jumlah butir pernyataan yang diadaptasi dari delapan kompetensi perawat menurut Lenburg et al. (2009). Populasi yang digunakan adalah pasien dewasa diruang rawat inap Rumah Sakit Advent Bandung dengan sampel berjumlah 57 pasien dipilih secara purposive sampling. Pengukuran dilakukan dengan menghitung mean skor.Hasil: Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Persepsi pasien terhadap kompetensi profesional perawat di Rumah Sakit Advent Bandung termasuk dalam interpretasi baik (Mean 3,94). Butir yang dipersepsikan paling dominan adalah butir pernyataan “perawat menghargai budaya/agama yang dimiliki pasien” yang termasuk kedalam keterampilan kepedulian sosial dan relasi sosial dengan mean 4,39. Butir yang dipersepsikan kurang dominan adalah butir pernyataan “Perawat memiliki pengetahuan diluar bidang ilmunya (ilmu alam,sosial,politik)” yang termasuk dalam keterampilan mengintegrasikan pengetahuan dengan mean 3,33. Diskusi: Kompetensi profesional perawat di Rumah Sakit Advent Bandung termasuk dalam kategori yang tinggi dengan interpretasi baik. Kata Kunci: Persepsi pasien, Kompetensi Profesional Perawat   ABSTRACT Introduction: The existence of nurses as health care providers is essential, nowadays modern society demands nurses professionalism in their duties performences. The purpose of this study was to analyze the patient's perception of the professional competence of nurses in Bandung Adventist Hospital. Method: Descriptive method using a questionnaire as an instrument. The questionnaire contains 22 statements that was adapted from the eight competencies of nurses according to Lenburg et al. (2009). The population used was hospitalized adult patients admitted in Bandung Adventist Hospital with a total of 57 patients selected by purposive sampling. Measurement was done by calculating the mean score. Result: The results showed that patient’s perception to the professional competencies of nurses in Bandung Adventist Hospital is in a good interpretations (Mean 3,94). Item that is perceived most dominant is a statement "nurses appreciate the culture/religion possessed patient" that was included in the social care skills and social relations with the mean of 4.39. Item that is perceived less dominant is a statement "Nurses have knowledge beyond the field of science (natural science, social, political)" which is included in integrate knowledge skill with mean of 3.33. Discussion: Professional competencies of nurses in Bandung Adventist Hospital was included in the high category with a good interpretation. Keywords: Patient’s perception, nurses professional competencies Full printable version: PDF

Aims and objectives The aim of this integrative review was to assess how emergency nurses cope and motivate themselves to sustain their caring work. Background The need to enhance sustainability of the workforce creates a demand to consolidate contemporary evidence related to emergency nurses’ motivations, how they cope and sustain themselves for caring work. Design and methods The integrative literature review informed by Whittemore and Knafl involved searching four databases, which yielded 977 published research papers (2008–2021). A total of 33 studies met the inclusion and quality assessment criteria. The PRISMA checklist for review was followed. Results No studies addressing all three areas (motivations, coping and caring sustainability) together were identified. Integration of evidence from quantitative and qualitative research was achieved in three categories: (1) emergency nurses’ motivations to sustain their work, (2) emergency nurses’ coping strategies and (3) sustaining care as emergency nurses. Conclusion To sustain themselves in caring work, emergency nurses need to be intrinsically and extrinsically motivated and know how to cope effectively with stressors and work demands. There is need for research examining the relationships between these aspects of emergency nursing work. Relevance to clinical practice To ensure the sustainability of emergency nurses’ work and careers understanding of the factors that influence and sustain their motivations and coping strategies is important for nurses and their clinical leaders and managers.