Nurses’ Experiences of Caring for Patients With Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 in the Initial Stage of the Pandemic

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Mattsson, Janet,Docent, Ph.D,1967-Röda Korsets Högskola,Hälsovetenskapliga institutionen,Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Education, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (author)

Nurses’ Experiences of Caring for Patients With Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 in the Initial Stage of the Pandemic

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2022-07-21
Sage Publications,2022
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Introduction: Nursing staff have faced various challenges during the global pandemic of COVID-19 such as nursing shortages. The great number of COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalization placed heavy demands on healthcare staff to maintain patient safety and to work according to constantly changing guidelines to prevent the spread of infection.Objective: The objective was to describe nurses’ experiences of caring for patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 in the initial phase of the pandemic.Methods: The study has a qualitative design. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven nurses in primary care and hospital care during the initial stage of the pandemic. Qualitative content analysis with an inductive approach was used.Results: The nurses expressed that the working routines changed very quickly at the onset of the pandemic. A triage system was implemented to care for patients with symptoms of COVID-19 to prevent transmission between patients. A major change was the constant use of personal protective equipment in patient care. The nurses also experienced a sense of inadequacy regarding the care of the patients and became emotionally affected and exhausted.Conclusion: The nurses experienced that many patients worsened clinically, leading to exhausting and difficult nursing care situations. They also experienced increasing responsibility since new protective equipment and procedures needed to be quickly implemented according to frequently changing recommendations, causing the nurses to feel uncertain about how to maintain patient safety. Support from colleagues was crucial to cope throughout the initial stage of the pandemic.

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Hälsovetenskap Omvårdnad hsv//swe
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Health Sciences Nursing hsv//eng
COVID-19
qualitative research
experiences
primary care
practice
advance practice nurses

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Hedlund, ElinRöda Korsets Högskola,Hälsovetenskapliga institutionen (author)
George-Svahn, LisaRinkeby Primary Care Center, Stockholm, Sweden (author)
Scheers Andersson, ElinaRöda Korsets Högskola,Hälsovetenskapliga institutionen(Swepub:rkh)sche (author)
Mazaheri, Monir,Associate Professor, Senior lecturer,1977-Karolinska Institutet,Röda Korsets Högskola,Hälsovetenskapliga institutionen,Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden(Swepub:rkh)mazm (author)
Björling, Gunilla,DocentKarolinska Institutet,Röda Korsets Högskola,Hälsovetenskapliga institutionen,Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania(Swepub:rkh)bjog (author)
Röda Korsets HögskolaHälsovetenskapliga institutionen (creator_code:org_t)

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