Experience of frontline nurses who managed the COVID-19 crisis: A qualitative study
BackgroundThe health system was challenged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nurses, as part of the health system, were expected to manage themselves in a situation where everyone was in crisis and to be able to do their work quietly and calmly. This study was conducted to show how Iranian nurses faced...
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| description | BackgroundThe health system was challenged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nurses, as part of the health system, were expected to manage themselves in a situation where everyone was in crisis and to be able to do their work quietly and calmly. This study was conducted to show how Iranian nurses faced the COVID-19 crisis.MethodsIn a qualitative content analysis study, 16 participants, including eight nurses, five supervisors, and three head nurses of a university hospital in Tehran, Iran, were interviewed between February and December 2020. Using purposive sampling, nurses who were working with patients with COVID-19 were selected to be involved. Data were analyzed using MAXQDA 10 software, and codes were categorized based on similarities and differences.FindingData analysis revealed 212 codes. These codes were classified based on similarities and differences in 16 categories, and four main themes emerged: unpreparedness, positive adaptation, negative coping, and reorganization.ConclusionSince nurses are on the frontline in times of biological disaster, the COVID-19 pandemic provided an opportunity to demonstrate the role of nurses in reducing the burden of disease, identifying problems and opportunities, and planning appropriate interventions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1db5324a16114e1295518d6bc8bf24b12023-03-16T04:51:20ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652023-03-011110.3389/fpubh.2023.10709161070916Experience of frontline nurses who managed the COVID-19 crisis: A qualitative studySeyed Tayeb Moradian0Hosein Mahmoudi1Atherosclerosis Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranTrauma Research Center, Nursing Faculty, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranBackgroundThe health system was challenged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nurses, as part of the health system, were expected to manage themselves in a situation where everyone was in crisis and to be able to do their work quietly and calmly. This study was conducted to show how Iranian nurses faced the COVID-19 crisis.MethodsIn a qualitative content analysis study, 16 participants, including eight nurses, five supervisors, and three head nurses of a university hospital in Tehran, Iran, were interviewed between February and December 2020. Using purposive sampling, nurses who were working with patients with COVID-19 were selected to be involved. Data were analyzed using MAXQDA 10 software, and codes were categorized based on similarities and differences.FindingData analysis revealed 212 codes. These codes were classified based on similarities and differences in 16 categories, and four main themes emerged: unpreparedness, positive adaptation, negative coping, and reorganization.ConclusionSince nurses are on the frontline in times of biological disaster, the COVID-19 pandemic provided an opportunity to demonstrate the role of nurses in reducing the burden of disease, identifying problems and opportunities, and planning appropriate interventions.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1070916/fullnursingCOVID-19disaster planning [MeSH]coping skillscare burden |
| spellingShingle | Seyed Tayeb Moradian Hosein Mahmoudi Experience of frontline nurses who managed the COVID-19 crisis: A qualitative study Frontiers in Public Health nursing COVID-19 disaster planning [MeSH] coping skills care burden |
| title | Experience of frontline nurses who managed the COVID-19 crisis: A qualitative study |
| title_full | Experience of frontline nurses who managed the COVID-19 crisis: A qualitative study |
| title_fullStr | Experience of frontline nurses who managed the COVID-19 crisis: A qualitative study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experience of frontline nurses who managed the COVID-19 crisis: A qualitative study |
| title_short | Experience of frontline nurses who managed the COVID-19 crisis: A qualitative study |
| title_sort | experience of frontline nurses who managed the covid 19 crisis a qualitative study |
| topic | nursing COVID-19 disaster planning [MeSH] coping skills care burden |
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