• Children with febrile convulsions
• Psychological nursing
• Satisfaction
• Targeted emergency nursing
• Treatment compliance

• COVID-19
• China
• Coronavirus
• Nurses
• Qualitative study

• 21BMZ018 National Social Science Foundation of China
• YB2020093 Yunnan Office of Philosophy and Social Science Planning

• China
• Nurses
• grounded theory
• professional ethics

• COVID-19 pandemic
• psychosocial behavior
• qualitative study
• respiratory therapists
• severe acute respiratory syndrome
• workplace
• world health organization

• nurses
• covid-19
• care
• qualitative research

• COVID-19
• Empathy
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Nurses
• Nursing Staff, Hospital
• Pandemics
• Qualitative Research

• COVID-19
• Physician
• health
• healthcare provider
• mental health
• psychology

The aim of this study was to evaluate the experiences of nurses providing care to intensive care unit patients diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) in Turkey.

The research employed the descriptive phenomenological approach. The interviews were analyzed with Colaizzi's seven‐step method.

The experiences of nurses providing care to COVID‐19 patients in the intensive care unit can be summarized under three themes. It was determined that all nurses experience physical, psychological, and social difficulties along with negative emotions during the care process for COVID‐19 patients, for which nurses use coping processes.

This study shows the difficulties faced by nurses who provide intensive care to patients with COVID‐19. It is important to identify these challenges early to protect and improve the health of nurses.

• Clinical placement
• Health professions education
• Models
• Scoping review
• Undergraduate

• Australia
• Curriculum
• Health Occupations
• Humans
• Learning
• Students, Health Occupations

• COVID-19
• Care nursing
• mental health
• stress
• workforce

The duration and magnitude of the coronavirus (COVID-19) posed unique challenges for nursing students, whose education was altered because of the pandemic.

To explore the perceptions and experiences of nursing students whose clinical rotations were abruptly interrupted by COVID-19's initial surge in the United States.

This qualitative study was conducted at a midwestern, academic medical center to elicit senior nursing students' experiences. An online survey was administered with eight open-ended questions asking about: initial impressions of the pandemic; experiences of being a senior nursing student; sources of stress and coping mechanisms; preparing to work as a registered nurse; and views on the nursing profession.

Among the 26 students who completed the survey, the majority were female (92%), aged 28 ∓ 4.1 years. A total of 18 subcategories emerged with four main themes identified as: a) breakdown of normal systems, b) feeling alone and the inability to escape, c) protective factors/adaptability, and d) role identify and formation.

Findings indicate students implemented a variety of strategies while adapting to the abrupt interruption of in-person clinical rotations, mandated restrictions, and social unrest. The cascading themes illustrate the enormity of sudden changes and their significant impact on daily life.

• COVID-19 pandemic
• Clinical rotations
• Nursing students
• Perceptions & experiences
• Social unrest

• COVID-19
• disease outbreak
• nurse
• qualitative research

• Adaptation, Physiological
• COVID-19
• Grounded Theory
• Humans
• Nurses
• SARS-CoV-2

• K206904003, 2020 Chosun University

• COVID-19 pandemic
• Malaysia
• coping strategy
• depression
• mental health
• nurses
• stress

• COVID-19
• Epidemic
• Frontline healthcare workers
• Meta-synthesis
• Pandemic
• Psychosocial support
• Qualitative
• Systematic review

• COVID-19
• Health Personnel
• Humans
• Pandemics/prevention & control
• Personal Protective Equipment
• SARS-CoV-2

• Covid-19
• adaptation
• nurse
• phenomenology
• stress

• Experience
• Frontline nurses
• Post the COVID-19 epidemic
• Qualitative study
• Rescue task

To explore the clinical working experiences of Saudi nurses during the novel Coronavirus outbreak, identify the challenges and determine how these challenges affect their nursing practice.

From the current experience of working during the novel Coronavirus outbreak, it is statistically significant to identify the challenges that nurses in Saudi Arabia face in their clinical practice and determine how these challenges affected their practice.

A qualitative descriptive study.

An in‐depth interview with eight Registered Nurses in Saudi Arabia who worked in areas where the novel Coronavirus patients are treated were conducted between 10 and 23 April.

The following eight major themes were identified from this study: physical exhaustion, fear of infection, providing care with uncertainty, uncomfortable use of personal protective equipment, missed nursing care, prolonged procedures, lack of guidance during the outbreak and lack of managerial support.

The results suggest that nurses’ leaders should take active roles in empowering nursing staff. The absence of direct monitoring for nursing performance during their practice compromises patient safety and jeopardises the quality of care through missed nursing care. This study also revealed that nurses who worked during the outbreak need psychological support that can enhance their emotional resilience.

• nursing practice
• outbreak
• patient safety
• the novel coronavirus

• Humans
• COVID-19
• Qualitative Research
• SARS-CoV-2
• Disease Outbreaks
• Personal Protective Equipment

The rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has put significant pressure on junior nursing staff. The objective of this study was to examine the in-depth experiences of junior nurses in providing care for COVID-19 patients within an acute care setting. This study employed a phenomenological method to understand the situation from a first-person perspective. Purposive sampling was used. Interviews were performed with 40 junior nurses (<4 years of clinical experience) who provided direct care to COVID-19 patients in isolation wards in acute care settings in Hong Kong. The interviews were conducted from 1 January 2021 to 24 May 2021 via virtual conferencing software (Zoom) to maintain social distancing, and the responses were analysed using Colaizzi’s seven-step method. Junior nurses’ psychological experiences of providing direct care to COVID-19 patients were categorised into four main themes. First, there were hurdles in the early stages, in which participants experienced negative emotions, such as fear, anxiety, helplessness, and fatigue. Somatic symptoms, such as headaches and sleep disturbance, were reported. Second, the adoption of self-care coping strategies enabled nurses to confront the hurdles, signifying the start of self-transformation. Third, junior nurses maintained positivity under pressure by appreciating their sources of support (including their families and other important relationships in their lives). Professionalism was also found to reinforce positivity. Fourth, self-transformation resulted in psychological growth, which prepared junior nurses to be resilient and confident in their clinical practice to take up future challenges in the ongoing battle against the pandemic. The hurdles experienced by junior nurses at the early stage of their work in isolation wards provided the foundation upon which self-transformation took place. Being able to employ self-care coping strategies and further sustain positivity characterised the self-transformation process. Eventually, junior nurses became resilient and more capable of understanding both the negativity and positivity of their experiences. The self-transformation process also enabled junior nurses to recognise and appreciate the wider support system from various parties in society.

• coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• junior nurses
• transformational experience

To assist future offsite planning for pandemics, we documented lived experiences of cooperation among healthcare workers (HCWs) during the coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) pandemic.

The COVID‐19 pandemic poses a global health crisis. Most recent studies on the COVID‐19 focus on frontline HCWs' physio‐psychological experiences, with few studies examining their experiences of cooperation.

A descriptive phenomenological design reported based on COREQ checklist.

25 HCWs (17 nurses and eight physicians) were interviewed, selected through convenience and purposive sampling, who participated in a medical aid mission in China during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Data were collected via semi‐structured online video interviews, and the transcripts were analysed using Colaizzi's phenomenological method.

The HCWs experienced stressed and anxious, but rated their overall cooperation experience as positive. We categorised the reported experiences in five themes: (1) a multi‐level management structure; (2) nurse managers as internal and external team coordinators; (3) high morale and a mutual supportive context; (4) a continuous streamlined workflow; and (5) the value of multidisciplinary collaboration in care. Reasonable management structure and division of work were the basis for successful aid mission. High morale and a mutual supportive context were foundational for growth and stress mitigation. The HCWs continuously streamlined workflow through communication and met patients' individual need through multidisciplinary collaboration.

Planning for a pandemic aid mission is challenging, given the unpredictable nature of the working circumstances. Our results underline the importance of supportive strategies for COVID‐19 aid mission.

Recommendations for future pandemic planning: (1) positive morale and supportive working text should be paid prioritised attention; (2) sufficient experienced and ancillary staff should be recruited; (3) multiple communication channels such as regular handover meetings, online chat applications and electronic recording devices are essential, and (4) multidisciplinary cooperation are is necessary in COVID‐19 wards.

• COVID-19
• cooperation
• experience
• healthcare workers
• qualitative research

To explore the challenges experienced by ICU nurses throughout the provision of care for COVID‐19 patients.

The intensive care unit nurses, who are at the frontline of fighting against COVID‐19 and defusing this crisis, are faced with various challenges throughout the provision of care for COVID‐19 patients.

In this qualitative descriptive study, a total of 17 nurses working in intensive care units were selected using purposive sampling. Data were collected using semi‐structured face‐to‐face interviews. After recording and transcribing interviews, the concepts were extracted using the content analysis method.

The nurses reported the four following challenges throughout the provision of care for COVID‐19 patients: ‘organization's inefficiency in supporting nurses’, ‘physical exhaustion’, ‘living with uncertainty’ and ‘psychological burden of the disease’.

The present study portrayed a clear understanding of the challenges faced by nurses working in intensive care units during the crisis of the COVID‐19 pandemic based on their lived experiences.

A profound understanding of these challenges in the current critical situation can help health care authorities adopt appropriate measures to resolve these challenges, provide health care facilities, support the health workforce, give accurate and evidence‐based information and perform psychological interventions on how to handle the current crisis.

• COVID-19
• intensive care unit
• nurse
• qualitative study

During this COVID pandemic healthcare worker systems were overwhelmed. Doctors especially otorhinolaryngologists in addition to doing their specialty duty were also recruited to provide care to COVID-19 patients. To our knowledge, no studies about their experiences regarding COVID-19 have been published. Present study aimed to describe the experiences of Otorhinolaryngologist during this pandemic. This is a qualitative study using an empirical phenomenological approach. 30 ENT doctors were recruited from government and private sector. They participated in semi-structured, in-depth interviews by telephone in a period of one month. Interviews were recorded by consent and data was analyzed. After analysis four themes were revealed namely; ‘nature of duty during Covid-19 pandemic’, ‘modification made to adjust the duty’, ‘conflict between professional duty and family responsibilities’, and ‘fear of pandemic ill effect on their health’. The extreme work and fatigue drained ours ENT doctor’s physically as well as emotionally. But our doctors showed their resilience and the spirit of professional dedication to overcome difficulties. Comprehensive support should be provided to safeguard the wellbeing of health-care providers mainly doctors. In the meantime timely as well as intensive training for all healthcare worker is highly recommended to promote preparedness and improve efficacy during the pandemic.

• Coronavirus
• Emergency
• Isolation ward
• Otorhinolaryngologists
• Telehealth

• COVID-19
• anxiety
• caregiver
• depression
• neurocognitive disorders

• COVID-19
• mental health
• occupational & industrial medicine
• organisation of health services

• COVID-19/epidemiology
• COVID-19/psychology
• Employment/psychology
• Health Personnel/psychology
• Humans
• Mental Health
• Pandemics
• SARS-CoV-2

• COVID-19 epidemic
• China
• primary care practitioners
• qualitative study

• Clinical staff
• Covid-19
• Music therapy
• Stress
• Support

Nurses’ work-related fatigue has been recognized as a threat to nurse health and patient safety. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of fatigue among first-line nurses combating with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, and to analyze its influencing factors on fatigue. A multi-center, descriptive, cross-sectional design with a convenience sample was used. The statistical population consisted of the first-line nurses in 7 tertiary general hospitals from March 3, 2020 to March 10, 2020 in Wuhan of China. A total of 2667 samples from 2768 contacted participants completed the investgation, with a response rate of 96.35%. Social-demographic questionnaire, work-related questionnaire, Fatigue Scale-14, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, Patient Health Questionnaire-9, and Chinese Perceived Stress Scale were used to conduct online survey. The descriptive statistic of nurses’ social-demographic characteristics was conducted, and the related variables of work, anxiety, depression, perceived stress and fatigue were analyzed by t-tests, nonparametric test and Pearson’s correlation analysis. The significant factors which resulted in nurses’ fatigue were further analyzed by multiple linear regression analysis. The median score for the first-line nurses’ fatigue in Wuhan was 4 (2, 8). The median score of physical and mental fatigue of them was 3 (1, 6) and 1 (0, 3) respectively. According to the scoring criteria, 35.06% nurses (n=935) of all participants were in the fatigue status, their median score of fatigue was 10 (8, 11), and the median score of physical and mental fatigue of them was 7 (5, 8) and 3 (2, 4) respectively. Multiple linear regression analysis revealed the participants in the risk groups of anxiety, depression and perceived stress had higher scores on physical and mental fatigue and the statistically significant positive correlation was observed between the variables and nurses’ fatigue, the frequency of exercise and nurses’ fatigue had a statistically significant negative correlation, and average daily working hours had a significantly positive correlation with nurses’ fatigue, and the frequency of weekly night shift had a low positive correlation with nurses’ fatigue (P<0.01). There was a moderate level of fatigue among the first-line nurses fighting against COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan, China. Government and health authorities need to formulate and take effective intervention strategies according to the relevant risk factors, and undertake preventive measures aimed at reducing health hazards due to increased work-related fatigue among first-line nurses, and to enhance their health status and provide a safe occupational environment worldwide. Promoting both medical and nursing safety while combating with the pandemic currently is warranted.

• COVID-19
• Chinese nurses
• anxiety
• cross-sectional study
• depression
• fatigue
• pandemic
• perceived stress

• Anxiety
• COVID-19
• Depression
• Health workers
• Mental health
• Outbreak
• Post-traumatic stress
• Rheumatic diseases
• Rheumatology
• Sleep disorders

• Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• Epidemic outbreak
• Nurse
• Psychological experience
• Qualitative study

• Adaptation, Psychological
• Adult
• Anxiety/psychology
• Betacoronavirus
• COVID-19
• Caregivers/psychology
• Coronavirus Infections/therapy
• Data Collection
• Emotions
• Fatigue/psychology
• Fear/psychology
• Female
• Humans
• Interview, Psychological
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Nurses/psychology
• Nursing Staff, Hospital/psychology
• Pandemics
• Pneumonia, Viral/therapy
• Qualitative Research
• SARS-CoV-2

• COVID-19
• infectious disease
• mental health
• nurses
• pandemic (COVID-19)