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Nurses' bereavement experiences of a deceased colleague due to COVID-19: A phenomenological study.

Fatemeh Najafi, Leila Mardanian Dehkordi, Sajad Khodayari, Molouk Jaafarpour, Alireza Nikbakht Nasrabadi

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Article in Nursing open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Fatemeh NajafiDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-8295-1245
Leila Mardanian DehkordiNursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-8250-8120
Sajad KhodayariDepartment of Critical Care Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0003-4115-4084
Molouk JaafarpourDepartment of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-7314-9955
Alireza Nikbakht NasrabadiDepartment of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-3970-4158
Medical University of Ilam · IRIranshahr University · IRIran University of Medical Sciences · IRIsfahan University of Medical Sciences · IR

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Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services IR.TUMS.FNM.REC.1399. 568
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Abstract

aimHealthcare workers have little time to mourn due to the intensification of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although grief is a normal part of life and death, the circumstances surrounding the death can affect the grieving process. So far, the nurses' experience in mourn for a deceased colleague in the COVID-19 pandemic has not been determined. Identifying these experiences can provide opportunities to formulate appropriate strategies to functionally adapt to death and promote mental health and well-being during this crisis. This study aimed to understand the nurses' experiences in mourning for a deceased colleague due to COVID-19.

designThis was an interpretive phenomenological study.

methodParticipants included 10 nurses with the bereavement experience following the death of a colleague due to COVID-19, who were selected through purposive sampling, and the data were collected through in-depth and semi-structured interviews and analysed using Diekelmann et al.'s (1989) approach.

resultsThe nurses' bereavement experiences were in the form of eight themes: disbelief and amazement, acceptance with grief, lasting sadness, unsung laments, bringing back memories, impulse to leave the service, a professional myth and holy death. For nurses, mourning for the death of a colleague due to COVID-19 is like a lasting sadness that begins with disbelief and amazement and changes to acceptance with sadness. From the fellow nurses' point of view, this type of death was perceived as a holy death, which along with countless unsung laments and memories brought to us the association of a professional legend, and that such a fate would be inevitable for us as well, it was a push to leave the service. PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: Crisis managers and policymakers need to add protocols and training programs for resilience skills and healthy mourning.

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BereavementCOVID-19NursesNursing Staff, HospitalAdaptation, PsychologicalAdultFemaleGriefHumansMaleMiddle AgedPandemicsQualitative ResearchSARS-CoV-2bereavement experienceCOVID-19phenomenology

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PMID37608498
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