Published online Jul 6, 2022. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i19.6472
Peer-review started: December 9, 2021
First decision: January 12, 2022
Revised: January 22, 2022
Accepted: May 27, 2022
Article in press: May 27, 2022
Published online: July 6, 2022
This research demonstrates that nurses feel pain because the pandemic process has separated them from their family and children.
To examine the family relationship situation of nurses in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
The research adopted a descriptive qualitative design. Participants were selected by the snowball method. An individual in-depth interview technique was used while the participants were away. In-depth interviews were made with a total of 27 nurses. Nine of these nurses were excluded from the study due to commu
This research showed that nurses suffered from family relationship breakdown and insufficiency in intrafamilial coping. The nurses stayed away from their families due to overtime and fear of COVID-19. They cannot meet the needs of their children and spouses for whom they are responsible, and they cannot spare time for them. They were living a tiring life with great responsibility and faced with mental problems such as burnout syndrome and depression. This study was conducted in three cities with a high number of COVID-19 cases in Turkey. We investigated three themes: Breakdown in continuity of intrafamilial relationship, ineffectiveness in role performance, and ineffective individual coping.
The nurses suffer from conditions such as change in parent-infant/child relation and insufficiency in intrafamilial process coping.
Core Tip: This study was planned to examine the family relationship of nurses in the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. It was showed that nurses suffered from family relationship breakdown and insufficiency in intrafamilial coping.