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. 2020 Sep 11;8(1):171-179.
doi: 10.1002/nop2.616. eCollection 2021 Jan.

Exploring nurses' perception of taking care of patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19): A qualitative study

Nasrin Galehdar  1 , Tahereh Toulabi  2 , Aziz Kamran  3 , Heshmatolah Heydari  1
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Exploring nurses' perception of taking care of patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19): A qualitative study

Nasrin Galehdar et al. Nurs Open. .

Abstract

Aim: Healthcare staff, especially nurses, who are in the frontline of caring of patients with COVID-19 have valuable experiences about taking care of these patients. Therefore, the aim of this study was exploring nurses' perception of taking care of patients with COVID-19.

Design: This qualitative study was performed using the conventional content analysis method.

Methods: 13 nurses who were taking care of patients with COVID-19 were selected using purposeful sampling in the Lorestan University of Medical Sciences. The data were collected through telephone interviews and analysed based on the Lundman and Graneheim's approach.

Results: Qualitative analysis of the data revealed 3 sub-categories, 8 categories and 3 main categories including care erosion, nursing professional growth and necessities.

Relevance to clinical practice: Improve the work situation of the nurses during care of COVID-19 patients, which can directly or indirectly improve the quality of care of these patients.

Keywords: COVID‐19; nurses; qualitative study.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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