Perceived stress and affecting factors related to COVID‐19 pandemic of emergency nurses in Turkey

Abstract

COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by a newly emerging coronavirus infection. A pandemic was announced by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020 due to COVID-19 disease (WHO, 2020a;Li et al., 2020). Since the announcement of the COVID-19 pandemic, a total of 43 million COVID-19 cases have been reported globally, including approximately one million deaths. In Turkey, according to the latest data of the Ministry of Health, a total of 361 thousand COVID-19 cases, including 9,799 deaths, have been identified (WHO, 2020a).The COVID-19 pandemic has started to threaten the health care systems of countries and has increased the burden on health care professionals Açıksarı & Kınık, 2020). Health care professionals are the most valuable resource in protecting, preventing and treating public health for all countries (WHO, 2020b;

The association between fear of COVID‐19 and mental health: The mediating roles of burnout and job stress among emergency nursing staff

“…An increased workload/job stress may have cascading adverse effects on relationships, appropriate service delivery and overall job performance among nurses (Cui et al., 2021 ; Gualano et al., 2021 ; Zare et al., 2021 ). The situation may even be worse when most nurses fear COVID‐19 due to the limited PPEs, and other uncertainties surrounding COVID‐19, and unavailability of a cure or definite treatment (Al Thobaity & Alshammari, 2020 ; Çınar et al., 2021 ; Zare et al., 2021 ).…”

Determining job satisfaction and job stress levels of nurses during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: A cross-sectional survey

“…In the study conducted by Said and El-Shafei to examine the job stress, job satisfaction, and intent to quit among nurses working in Egypt during the COVID-19 pandemic, they stated that three-quarters of the nurses had a high level of job stress [7]. In a study conducted by Çınar et al, to examine the perceived stress in nurses working in the emergency room during the pandemic in Turkey and the effect of the pandemic on stress, they determined that nearly half of the nurses experienced stress above average [14]. They also found that the factors significantly affecting the stress score of emergency room nurses were respiratory isolation, change in lifestyle, inability to access protective equipment, inadequate number of nurses in the unit, and risk of being infected with COVID-19 [14].…”

Behaviours and experiences of nurses during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Turkey: A mixed methods study

“…The research during past pandemics has shown that health care workers are more likely to develop postpandemic stress disorder (Lee et al, 2018;Tam et al, 2004). Increasing the number of staff, arranging the shift system, providing psychological counselling and guidance in the form of support services on online platforms or by phone, especially to relieve front-line nurses can alleviate the permanent effects of psychological difficulties (Çınar et al, 2021;Kang et al, 2020).…”

“…Work intensity affects the efficiency and strength of the nurses. For this reason, it is important to continuously optimize the number of nurses and to arrange the shift systems in a way that provides adequate rest and nutrition in order to ensure the continuity of the workforce (Çınar et al, 2021;He et al, 2021;Kang et al, 2020;Wang et al, 2020).…”