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- Title
A Qualitative Study on the Care Experience of Emergency Department Nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
- Authors
Hsu, Hsing-Chi; Chou, Hsin-Ju; Tseng, Kai-Yu
- Abstract
Background: The rapid spread of the disease has severely impacted healthcare systems around the world. There is a lack of evidence related to the care experience of emergency department nurses. Objective: To understand the care experience and thoughts of emergency department nurses during the COVID-19 epidemic. Methods: Purposive sampling was used to recruit 16 emergency department nurses from a medical center, and a semi-structured interview was used for data collection. The enrollment period was from 28 July 2021 to 30 October 2021. Thematic content analysis was used for data analysis. Results: The care experiences of emergency department nurses during the COVID-19 epidemic can be classified into three themes and six sub-themes. Theme 1: I am the gatekeeper; theme 2: Care and environment challenges: difficulties with equipment and environment, managing patient's and family members' emotions, insufficient manpower of care; theme 3: Conflicting emotions: worrying about being infected or transmitting the disease, needs of effective support and empathy, and lack of understanding and discrimination towards the occupation. Conclusion: Emergency department nurses adhered to professional awareness and responsibility during the epidemic and play a critical role in epidemic prevention.
- Subjects
EMERGENCY nursing; HOSPITAL emergency services; COVID-19 pandemic; QUALITATIVE research; INFECTIOUS disease transmission
- Publication
Healthcare (2227-9032), 2021, Vol 9, Issue 12, p1759
- ISSN
2227-9032
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/healthcare9121759