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Hidden Tales of Ebola: Airing the Forgotten Voices of Ugandan “Ebola Nurses”
INTRODUCTION: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ebola has affected the lives of thousands, including health care workers. With few studies describing the experience of nurses who survived Ebola, the study aimed to describe Ugandan nurses’ experiences. METHOD: Using a pheno...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8671648/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34096376 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10436596211017968 |
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author | Okello Wonyima, Isaac Fowler-Kerry, Susan Nambozi, Grace Barry, Charlotte Wills, Jeanie Palmer-Clarke, Yolanda Locsin, Rozzano C. |
author_facet | Okello Wonyima, Isaac Fowler-Kerry, Susan Nambozi, Grace Barry, Charlotte Wills, Jeanie Palmer-Clarke, Yolanda Locsin, Rozzano C. |
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description | INTRODUCTION: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ebola has affected the lives of thousands, including health care workers. With few studies describing the experience of nurses who survived Ebola, the study aimed to describe Ugandan nurses’ experiences. METHOD: Using a phenomenological design, in-depth interviews were conducted among five Ugandan nurses who contracted Ebola and survived. RESULT: Thematic analysis revealed themes of expectations of dying, hopelessness, loneliness, and betrayal by family, community, and the health system. DISCUSSION: Results support the need for policies targeting holistic practice protocols to protect all health care professionals during future outbreaks. Last, nursing survivors should have access to government-guaranteed support programs, including free health care and financial stipends. These results and recommendations transcend to the current reality of living with COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019). Efficient practice protocols could protect all rights and privileges and contribute to access to treatment and stigma removal. |
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spelling | pubmed-86716482021-12-16 Hidden Tales of Ebola: Airing the Forgotten Voices of Ugandan “Ebola Nurses” Okello Wonyima, Isaac Fowler-Kerry, Susan Nambozi, Grace Barry, Charlotte Wills, Jeanie Palmer-Clarke, Yolanda Locsin, Rozzano C. J Transcult Nurs Research INTRODUCTION: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ebola has affected the lives of thousands, including health care workers. With few studies describing the experience of nurses who survived Ebola, the study aimed to describe Ugandan nurses’ experiences. METHOD: Using a phenomenological design, in-depth interviews were conducted among five Ugandan nurses who contracted Ebola and survived. RESULT: Thematic analysis revealed themes of expectations of dying, hopelessness, loneliness, and betrayal by family, community, and the health system. DISCUSSION: Results support the need for policies targeting holistic practice protocols to protect all health care professionals during future outbreaks. Last, nursing survivors should have access to government-guaranteed support programs, including free health care and financial stipends. These results and recommendations transcend to the current reality of living with COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019). Efficient practice protocols could protect all rights and privileges and contribute to access to treatment and stigma removal. SAGE Publications 2021-06-06 2022-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8671648/ /pubmed/34096376 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10436596211017968 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Research Okello Wonyima, Isaac Fowler-Kerry, Susan Nambozi, Grace Barry, Charlotte Wills, Jeanie Palmer-Clarke, Yolanda Locsin, Rozzano C. Hidden Tales of Ebola: Airing the Forgotten Voices of Ugandan “Ebola Nurses” |
title | Hidden Tales of Ebola: Airing the Forgotten Voices of Ugandan “Ebola Nurses” |
title_full | Hidden Tales of Ebola: Airing the Forgotten Voices of Ugandan “Ebola Nurses” |
title_fullStr | Hidden Tales of Ebola: Airing the Forgotten Voices of Ugandan “Ebola Nurses” |
title_full_unstemmed | Hidden Tales of Ebola: Airing the Forgotten Voices of Ugandan “Ebola Nurses” |
title_short | Hidden Tales of Ebola: Airing the Forgotten Voices of Ugandan “Ebola Nurses” |
title_sort | hidden tales of ebola: airing the forgotten voices of ugandan “ebola nurses” |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8671648/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34096376 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10436596211017968 |
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