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Perceptions and Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic amongst Frontline Nurses and Their Relatives in France in Six Paradoxes: A Qualitative Study

Due to their frontline position to fight the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the professional and personal life of nurses was severely disrupted. To understand and describe their lived experiences and perceptions during the pandemic’s first wave in France, we interviewed 49 nurses, including 16...

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Autores principales: Chandler-Jeanville, Stephanie, Nohra, Rita Georges, Loizeau, Valerie, Lartigue-Malgouyres, Corinne, Zintchem, Roger, Naudin, David, Rothan-Tondeur, Monique
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8297294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34209931
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136977
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author Chandler-Jeanville, Stephanie
Nohra, Rita Georges
Loizeau, Valerie
Lartigue-Malgouyres, Corinne
Zintchem, Roger
Naudin, David
Rothan-Tondeur, Monique
author_facet Chandler-Jeanville, Stephanie
Nohra, Rita Georges
Loizeau, Valerie
Lartigue-Malgouyres, Corinne
Zintchem, Roger
Naudin, David
Rothan-Tondeur, Monique
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description Due to their frontline position to fight the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the professional and personal life of nurses was severely disrupted. To understand and describe their lived experiences and perceptions during the pandemic’s first wave in France, we interviewed 49 nurses, including 16 nursing students, and 48 of their family members from June to July 2020. Using a purposeful sampling, the semi-structured interviews were scripted according to Abric’s method with probing questions. The interview analysis led to the identification of six paradoxical perceptions concerning the pandemic’s consequences: the Silence Paradox, the Hero Paradox, the Workforce Paradox, the Learning Paradox, the Symbolic Exchange Paradox, and the Uncertainty Paradox. However, despite different experiences, the nurses perceived their frontline position both as a burden jeopardizing their safety and well-being and as a spotlight of nurses’ tough working conditions. Indeed, because they were in the frontline position, nurses and nursing students were psychologically vulnerable, even more so when they felt alone and inadequately protected. Besides, their families were vulnerable too, as they were also exposed to the consequences of the nurses’ frontline engagement. Thus, to preserve their safety and well-being, institutions should also provide them with better organizational support and inclusive leadership, without neglecting their families.
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spelling pubmed-82972942021-07-23 Perceptions and Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic amongst Frontline Nurses and Their Relatives in France in Six Paradoxes: A Qualitative Study Chandler-Jeanville, Stephanie Nohra, Rita Georges Loizeau, Valerie Lartigue-Malgouyres, Corinne Zintchem, Roger Naudin, David Rothan-Tondeur, Monique Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Due to their frontline position to fight the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the professional and personal life of nurses was severely disrupted. To understand and describe their lived experiences and perceptions during the pandemic’s first wave in France, we interviewed 49 nurses, including 16 nursing students, and 48 of their family members from June to July 2020. Using a purposeful sampling, the semi-structured interviews were scripted according to Abric’s method with probing questions. The interview analysis led to the identification of six paradoxical perceptions concerning the pandemic’s consequences: the Silence Paradox, the Hero Paradox, the Workforce Paradox, the Learning Paradox, the Symbolic Exchange Paradox, and the Uncertainty Paradox. However, despite different experiences, the nurses perceived their frontline position both as a burden jeopardizing their safety and well-being and as a spotlight of nurses’ tough working conditions. Indeed, because they were in the frontline position, nurses and nursing students were psychologically vulnerable, even more so when they felt alone and inadequately protected. Besides, their families were vulnerable too, as they were also exposed to the consequences of the nurses’ frontline engagement. Thus, to preserve their safety and well-being, institutions should also provide them with better organizational support and inclusive leadership, without neglecting their families. MDPI 2021-06-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8297294/ /pubmed/34209931 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136977 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Chandler-Jeanville, Stephanie
Nohra, Rita Georges
Loizeau, Valerie
Lartigue-Malgouyres, Corinne
Zintchem, Roger
Naudin, David
Rothan-Tondeur, Monique
Perceptions and Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic amongst Frontline Nurses and Their Relatives in France in Six Paradoxes: A Qualitative Study
title Perceptions and Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic amongst Frontline Nurses and Their Relatives in France in Six Paradoxes: A Qualitative Study
title_full Perceptions and Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic amongst Frontline Nurses and Their Relatives in France in Six Paradoxes: A Qualitative Study
title_fullStr Perceptions and Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic amongst Frontline Nurses and Their Relatives in France in Six Paradoxes: A Qualitative Study
title_full_unstemmed Perceptions and Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic amongst Frontline Nurses and Their Relatives in France in Six Paradoxes: A Qualitative Study
title_short Perceptions and Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic amongst Frontline Nurses and Their Relatives in France in Six Paradoxes: A Qualitative Study
title_sort perceptions and experiences of the covid-19 pandemic amongst frontline nurses and their relatives in france in six paradoxes: a qualitative study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8297294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34209931
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136977
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