The Wounded Healer
A Phenomenological Study on Hospital Nurses Who Contracted Covid-19
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22079448 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maddalena Piredda (0000-0001-5998-476X, Università Campus Bio-Medico), Jacopo Fiorini (0000-0002-4964-8794, University of Rome Tor Vergata), Anna Marchetti (0000-0001-8680-711X, Università Campus Bio-Medico), Chiara Mastroianni (0009-0006-7347-8453, Università Campus Bio-Medico), Beatrice Albanesi (0000-0002-7919-2927, University of Turin), Lucilla Livigni (University of Rome Tor Vergata), Gemma Carrabs (University of Rome Tor Vergata), Francesco Zaghini (0000-0002-3327-5751, University of Rome Tor Vergata, corresponding author), Maria Grazia De Marinis (0000-0001-7039-6280, Università Campus Bio-Medico), Alessandro Sili (0000-0003-4170-3469, University of Rome Tor Vergata) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Pages | 867826-867826 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpubh.2022.867826 |
| PMID | 35875015 |
| OpenAlex | W4283729343 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 55 |
Since the pandemic began nurses were at the forefront of the crisis, assisting countless COVID-19 patients, facing unpreparedness, social and family isolation, and lack of protective equipment. Of all health professionals, nurses were those most frequently infected. Research on healthcare professionals' experience of the pandemic and how it may have influenced their life and work is sparse. No study has focused on the experiences of nurses who contracted COVID-19 and afterwards returned to caring for patients with COVID-19. The purpose of this study was therefore to explore the lived personal and professional experiences of such nurses, and to describe the impact it had on their ways of approaching patients, caring for them, and practicing their profession. A phenomenological study was conducted with 54 nurses, through 20 individual interviews and 4 focus groups. The main finding is that the nurses who contracted COVID-19 became “wounded healers”: they survived and recovered, but remained “wounded” by the experience, and returned to caring for patients as “healers,” with increased compassion and attention to basic needs. Through this life-changing experience they strengthened their ability to build therapeutic relationships with patients and re-discovered fundamental values of nursing. These are some of the ways in which nurses can express most profoundly the ethics of work done well
Compassion · Disease · Health care · Health professionals · Pandemic · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Disaster Response and Management · Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |