Download This PaperExperience of Nurses in Using PPE During COVID-19 Pandemic in Qatar: Challenges and Lessons
19 Pages Posted: 29 Apr 2022
Date Written: April 09, 2022
Abstract
The study examines the prolonged use of personal protection equipment (PPE) among nurses in Qatar during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic utilizing a qualitative, phenomenological research approach. Qatar is the specific locale of the study, where thirty nurse frontliners, selected through convenient purposive sampling, participated in key informant interviews and focus group discussions via face-to-face and zoom meetings. An interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) was employed to dissect and distill key thematic categories and insights related to the nurses’ experience, and validation of thematic results was done through focus group discussions for triangulation. The analysis indicated positive and negative impressions and insights; positive impressions were categorized as opportunities and negative impressions as challenges. There were two major thematic categories under opportunities: the feeling of safety and security (82.86%) and confidence to perform the task (17.14%). On the other hand, thematic categories under challenges were: 1. Discomfort (24.32%), 2. The difficulty of movement (24.32%), 3. Time-consuming (13.51%), 4. Exhaustion (13.51%), 5. Inadequacy or inefficiency (8.11%), 6. Difficult to communicate (8.11%).
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Funding Information: This is a self funded study.
Conflict of Interests: None to declare.
Consent: 30participants were interviewed after their prior consent
Keywords: COVID-19, PPE, Nurse Frontliners, Phenomenological research approach, interpretative phenomenological analysis
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