'It was difficult, but our struggle to touch lives gave us strength': The experience of nurses working on COVID-19 wards


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Deliktaş Demirci A., Oruc M., Kabukcuoğlu K.

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING, vol.30, no.5-6, pp.732-741, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 30 Issue: 5-6
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/jocn.15602
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Abstracts in Social Gerontology, AgeLine, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Psycinfo, Public Affairs Index
  • Page Numbers: pp.732-741
  • Keywords: coping process, COVID-19, experience, grounded theory, nurses, pandemic, CARE
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background Nurses are considered important healthcare professionals during the management of the pandemic process due to the considerable amount of time they spend in the face-to-face nursing of infected patients. To optimise the service of healthcare workers, it is recommended that the mental health needs of the health workforce are addressed.