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ArticleJournal of caring sciences2023

Occupational Challenges of Intensive Care Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study.

Mahdi Yousefi, Zahra Ebrahimi, Mahmoud Bakhshi, Somayeh Fazaeli

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Article in Journal of caring sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Mahdi YousefiSocial Determinant of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4791-7866
Zahra EbrahimiDepartment of Management, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4968-6448
Mahmoud BakhshiDepartment of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5486-7203
Somayeh FazaeliDepartment of Medical Records and Health Information Technology, School of Paramedical Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8292-7381

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Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been spreading rapidly as a pandemic and posed numerous challenges to healthcare workers (HCWs), especially nurses. This study aimed to investigate the occupational challenges experienced by intensive care unit (ICU) nurses in caring for patients with COVID-19. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted using a conventional content analysis method in September and October 2020. The study environment was the ICU wards dedicated to the patients of COVID-19 in a large hospital in east of Iran. The participants were selected by purposeful sampling method, and data were collected using semi-structured interviews with 17 nurses working in the COVID-19 ICUs. Data analysis was done with MAXQDA 2020. Results: The data analysis led to the extraction of 6 main categories and 17 sub-categories. The main challenges included "payment system", "human resource management", "consumable resource supply", "psychological and ethical distress", "personal or family problems", and "staff motivation and welfare issues". Conclusion: Considering the key and important role of nurses in the healthcare system, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is necessary to increase their motivation by applying a fair and non-discriminatory payment system and paying special attention to psychological issues. Also, managerial support and provision of required facilities and manpower have a significant impact on reducing their occupational challenges in caring for patients with COVID-19.

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COVID-19Intensive careNursesQualitative study

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