TY  - JOUR
TI  - Experiences of Intensive Care Nurses Caring for COVID-19 Patients:  A Qualitative Study
AB  - Objective: Objective:The aim of this study is to examine the experiences of intensive care nurses in the process of providing care to COVID-19 patients. Material and Methods: A qualitative descriptive design was used. Twenty intensive care nurses participated with the purposeful sampling method. The data was collected through semi-structured WhatsApp web video calls. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Results: Two main themes were obtained: (1) psychological impact; (2) physical impact. Fear, loneliness, stress, psychological fatigue, psychological fatigue, feeling of death sub-themes were obtained from the main theme of psychological impact, while working conditions, working with personal protective equipment sub-themes were obtained from the main theme of physical impact. Conclusion: Nurses who had to work during the COVID19 pandemic were found to have psychological and physical impacts
AU  - ÜNAL, Eda
AU  - Aydin, Mevlüt Okan
AU  - Özdemir, Aysel
DO  - 10.53424/balikesirsbd.1212963
PY  - 2023
JO  - Balıkesir Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi   (BSBD)
VL  - 12
IS  - 3
SN  - 2146-9601
SP  - 503
EP  - 508
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/1200008
ER  -