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A Qualitative Study on the Care Experience of Emergency Department Nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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-...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8701063/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34946485 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9121759 |
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author | Hsu, Hsing-Chi Chou, Hsin-Ju Tseng, Kai-Yu |
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description | 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. |
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spelling | pubmed-87010632021-12-24 A Qualitative Study on the Care Experience of Emergency Department Nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic Hsu, Hsing-Chi Chou, Hsin-Ju Tseng, Kai-Yu Healthcare (Basel) Article 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. MDPI 2021-12-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8701063/ /pubmed/34946485 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9121759 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/). |
spellingShingle | Article Hsu, Hsing-Chi Chou, Hsin-Ju Tseng, Kai-Yu A Qualitative Study on the Care Experience of Emergency Department Nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title | A Qualitative Study on the Care Experience of Emergency Department Nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full | A Qualitative Study on the Care Experience of Emergency Department Nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_fullStr | A Qualitative Study on the Care Experience of Emergency Department Nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | A Qualitative Study on the Care Experience of Emergency Department Nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_short | A Qualitative Study on the Care Experience of Emergency Department Nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_sort | qualitative study on the care experience of emergency department nurses during the covid-19 pandemic |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8701063/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34946485 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9121759 |
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