1. The lived experiences of frontline nurses during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic in Qatar: A qualitative study.
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Villar, Ralph C., Nashwan, Abdulqadir J., Mathew, Rejo G., Mohamed, Ahmed S., Munirathinam, Sathish, Abujaber, Ahmad A., Al‐Jabry, Mahmood M., and Shraim, Mujahed
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WORK environment ,PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout ,SAFETY ,TEAMS in the workplace ,FOOD habits ,COVID-19 ,NURSES' attitudes ,SOCIAL support ,RESEARCH methodology ,INTERVIEWING ,CROSS infection ,FEAR ,PSYCHOLOGY of nurses ,EXPERIENCE ,QUALITATIVE research ,PHENOMENOLOGY ,EMPLOYEES' workload ,RESEARCH funding ,JUDGMENT sampling ,STATISTICAL sampling ,THEMATIC analysis ,COVID-19 pandemic ,PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience - Abstract
Aim: This study aims to explore the lived experiences of frontline nurses providing nursing care for COVID‐19 patients in Qatar. Design: Qualitative, Phenomenological. Methods: Nurses were recruited from a designated COVID‐19 facility using purposive and snowball sampling. The participants were interviewed face‐to‐face using semi‐structured interview questions from 6 September–10 October 2020. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed using Colaizzi's phenomenological method. Result: A total of 30 nurses were interviewed; (76.7%) were deployed for >6 months. Three major themes were drawn from the analysis: (a) Challenges of working in a COVID‐19 facility (subthemes: working in a new context and new working environment, worn out by the workload, the struggle of wearing protective gear, fear of COVID‐19, witnessing suffering); (b) Surviving COVID‐19 (subthemes: keeping it safe with extra measures, change in eating habits, teamwork and camaraderie, social support); and (c) Resilience of Nurses (subthemes: a true calling, a sense of purpose). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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