Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
E-Journal of Dokuz Eylul University Nursing Faculty, cilt.16, sa.2, ss.156-172, 2023 (Scopus)
Background: During epidemics, he spent a long time with patients and witnessed every moment of them closely. At the same time, he took an active role in the health team and continued both the organization and the care and treatment process with a superior effort. Objectives: Determine the experiences and thoughts nurses working in Covid-19 clinics about the care and treatment process pandemic patients. Methods: Phenomenological design, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in our research. Provided nursing services during the care and treatment of pandemic patients in the Covid-19 service and intensive care units, and worked in the pandemic clinic throughout the assignment process, interviews were held with nurses. The data were collected by a single researcher by video conferencing method. Colaizzi’s phenomenological analysis method content analysis was carried out. Results: In our study, the findings regarding the experiences and thoughts of nurses working in the Covid-19 clinic; organization, psychological factors, social factors and professional factors are gathered under four main themes. Conclusion: Requiring physical and psychological resilience, During the Covid-19 pandemic, nurses have been exposed to work stress, although have experienced psychological and physical experiences that wont be forgotten, stated they remain committed to the profession and families are the biggest source of support. In line with our findings, it has been suggested that the initiative planning to reduce the difficulties experienced by the nurses working in the Covid-19 clinic in the care process should be supported by the institution managers, as well as the planning of motivationenhancing programs and activities for nurses.