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Exploring the Experiences of Psychiatric Nurses During Care of Patients with COVID-19

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

I.L. Birtalan  and
O. Kelemen
I.L. Birtalan*
Affiliation:
ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Doctoral School Of Psychology, Institute Of Psychology, Institute Of Health Promotion And Sport Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
O. Kelemen
Affiliation:
University of Szeged, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School, Department Of Behavioral Sciences, Szeged, Hungary
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

The global coronavirus outbreak was viewed as a severe threat to healthcare providers, particularly nurses. COVID-19 has numerous public health management dimensions, including the reorganization of health care workers to support and assist patients.

Objectives

This study used a qualitative approach to gain an insight into the experiences of psychiatric nurses who were treating quarantined patients at various hospitals. This research aimed to investigate the experiences of reassigned psychiatric nurses during the COVID-19 outbreak in Hungary.

Methods

Using a phenomenological approach, we enrolled 7 nurses who provided care for COVID-19 patients from July 2020 to April 2021. The interviews were conducted face-to-face in the form of semi-structured interviews and were analysed using a health-psychology approach: interpretive phenomenology analysis.

Results

Our study shows that pandemic public health reorganization creates novel situations and issues that nurses are forced to address. Our findings suggest that three themes emerge from the data to describe psychiatric nursing: (1) Usage of earlier clinical experiences, (2) Recognizing mental issues, (3) Social networks.

Conclusions

This study suggests professional self-concepts and job satisfaction in relation to treating quarantine patients are affected by the identity and conflicts of psychiatric nursing in a novel situation.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

Covid-19Psychiatric NursingInterpretative Phenomenology Analysis
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S375
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