Being A Hemodialysis Nurse During the Covid-19 Pandemic

A Phenomenological Approach

Bibliographic Data

ID13627871
AuthorsAlev Yıldırım Keskin (0000-0003-0981-5364, Department of Nursing, Aksehir Kadir Yallagoz Health School, Selcuk University, Aksehir-Konya, Turkey), Sibel Şentürk (0000-0002-5634-174X, Department of Nursing, Bucak Health School, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Bucak-Burdur, Turkey, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume87
Issue2
Pages665-683
Publication date2022-05-10
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00302228221090755
PMID35535678
OpenAlexW4229441902
LanguageEN
References cited24

This study aimed to research the experiences of hemodialysis nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study was designed with a descriptive phenomenological approach. The study was conducted with a total of 18 hemodialysis nurses. Content analysis method was used in the analysis of the data. As a result of the content analysis, six themes were determined. These were (I) encountering COVID-19, (II) social isolation, (III) difficulty maintaining nursing care, (IV) organizational issues, (V) professionalism, and (VI) coping methods. The research revealed that hemodialysis nurses experienced difficulties in their family lives, social lives, working environment and patient treatment during the pandemic. It was concluded that hemodialysis nurses need support physically and psychologically to cope with the fear of death, anxiety, exhaustion, and fatigue that they have experienced while working selflessly and vigorously with a small number of teams

Anxiety · Content analysis · Coping (psychology · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Descriptive research · Disease · Hemodialysis · Interpretative phenomenological analysis · Isolation (microbiology · Pandemic · Psychiatry · Qualitative research · Social isolation · Social science · Social support · Sociology · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · COVID-19 Prevention and Impact · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology

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