Nurses’ Experience in COVID-19 Patient Care

Chung, Soojin; Seong, Mihyeon; Park, Ju-young

doi:10.11111/jkana.2022.28.2.142

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“…Nurses experience unstable psychological reactions as they faced infectious diseases with a highly contagious virus in the context of a pandemic [ 26 ]. In this study, the prevalence of fatigue was 62%, and the mean insomnia score was 9.68 ± 5.77.…”

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“…This may be related to the experience of nurses who cared for quarantined patients. According to a previous study conducted in Korea, the nurses who cared for COVID-19 patients experienced exhaustion; however, at the same time, they adapted and felt pride [ 26 ]. The sources to boost morale were cooperation with colleagues and support from the manager.…”

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“…In Korea, as the need for medical personnel rapidly increased, nurses who did not have adequate training for high contagiousness patients were assigned to COVID-19 nursing, or the working department was suddenly changed. Such a sudden change in working environment could lead to psychological distress [ 26 ]. Therefore, nursing care for COVID-19 patients might not be a simple job transition, especially for ward nurses.…”

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Factors Affecting Fatigue among Nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Lee

Choi

2022

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This study identified clinical nurses’ fatigue and related factors during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was a cross-sectional study. Data were collected from South Korean hospitals on 234 nurses’ general characteristics, fatigue, depression, occupational stress, insomnia, and perceived daytime sleepiness using a structured questionnaire. The prevalence of fatigue was 62.0%, depression 52.1%, insomnia 20.7%, and daytime sleepiness 36.1%. Insomnia, sleepiness, depression, and occupational stress were significantly associated with fatigue. Ward nurses who cared for COVID-19 patients within the past month had significantly higher occupational stress related to organizational climate than those who had not provided care, and ICU nurses who cared for COVID-19 patients had significantly higher job insecurity-related occupational stress. Nurses have a high prevalence of fatigue and depression during the pandemic. Thus, insomnia, sleepiness, depression, and occupational stress must be reduced to lower nurses’ fatigue. Caring for COVID-19 patients was not significantly associated with fatigue, but there were significant differences in occupational stress between nurses who provided such care and those who did not. Work environment-specific strategies are needed to reduce nurses’ occupational stress during the pandemic.

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Factors Affecting Fatigue among Nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Lee

Choi

2022

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“…Nurses have long been at the forefront of the battle against infectious diseases [ 5 ]. Accordingly, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the process of providing care to COVID-19 patients at the frontlines drove nurses to wear protective gear, handle increased non-face-to-face nursing tasks, and bear the burden of completing all tasks simultaneously, in addition to the confusion from having to accomplish tasks outside the scope of nursing with consequent role ambiguity and anger toward the general public for neglecting the fact that nurses have to sacrifice themselves [ 6 , 7 ]. Nurses also suffer from psychological stress, such as depression, anxiety, stress, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the fear of getting infected or their family getting infected, alongside the deterioration of daily life and a sense of isolation [ 7 , 8 , 9 ].…”

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Factors Influencing the Educational Needs and Nursing Intention Regarding COVID-19 Patient Care among Undergraduate Nursing Students

Lee

2022

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Purpose: This study examines final-year undergraduate nursing students to determine the educational needs for Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), knowledge of COVID-19, attitude toward COVID-19 patient care, and nursing intention toward COVID-19 patients. Methods: A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 21 April to 6 May 2022. The participants included 144 final-year (4th year) undergraduate nursing students in Gangwon-do, Daegu-si, and Chungcheong-do. The SPSS/WIN 21.0 program was used to analyze the data; Pearson’s correlation coefficients and multiple regression were further performed. Results: The attitude toward COVID-19 patient care (β = 0.38, p = 0.001), a cohabitant formerly infected with COVID-19, and the intention to study COVID-19 patient care (β = 0.16, p = 0.018) were found to influence nursing intention toward COVID-19 patients. These variables had a 27% explanatory power for nursing intention (F = 14.23, p < 0.001). Conclusions: To foster undergraduate nursing students’ nursing intention toward patients with emerging infectious diseases (EIDs), a program focused on cultivating a positive attitude toward EID patient care should be developed and implemented. The curriculum should further include education on EID patient care.

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“…코로나19라는 국가적 재난상황에서 병원과 지역사회에서 환자간호뿐만 아니라 선별검사와 예방접종, 그리고 기타 방역업무에서 주요 역할을 담당해 온 인력인 간호사는 사회 적으로 그 활동상이 부각되었으나 [8], 역학조사 업무를 담당하고 있는 간호사에 대한 사회와 간호계의 관심은 미흡하다. 간호사의 코로나19 환자 간호 경험 [9,10], 소진 [11,12], 감염관 리수행 [13,14]…”

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Awareness of the epidemiological investigation tasks of the nurse in charge of COVID-19 epidemiological investigations

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Choi²,

Yang³

et al. 2022

J Korean Acad Soc Nurs Educ

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Purpose: This qualitative study was to understand the awareness of epidemiological investigation tasks for nurses who were in charge of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemiological investigations.Methods: Before data collection, written consent was obtained from 13 participants, and the data were then collected from September 1 to December 31, 2021. Individual interviews were conducted and recorded by video interview using Zoom, and data were transcribed verbatim. Four themes were derived by using the qualitative thematic analysis method.Results: The participants perceived that epidemiological investigations were burdensome but that the field work was important, and that expertise and collaboration were required. The participants started work without preparation due to the explosive increase in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, and they recognized work conflicts, unstable employment, and exhaustion as obstacles to their work performance. On the other hand, the participants took pride in contributing to the national epidemiological investigation and control and felt a sense of responsibility as nursing professionals. Finally, participants mentioned that the training of infectious disease practitioner was important for work improvement.Conclusion: Further research is needed on the development of standardized manuals for the training of nursing personnel as infectious disease specialists through the job analysis of epidemiological investigators.

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Nurses’ Experience in COVID-19 Patient Care

Cited by 15 publications

References 23 publications

Factors Affecting Fatigue among Nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Factors Affecting Fatigue among Nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Factors Influencing the Educational Needs and Nursing Intention Regarding COVID-19 Patient Care among Undergraduate Nursing Students

Awareness of the epidemiological investigation tasks of the nurse in charge of COVID-19 epidemiological investigations

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