Battling The Pandemic: Nightingale Stories From The Covid Ward
Keywords:
COVID- 19, Battling the Pandemic,, Nightingale StoriesAbstract
Background: Healthcare workers, especially nurses, are always at the forefront of fight against any epidemic, and they risk their own lives to perform their duties. Since they are likely to be in close contact with COVID 19 patients, they are particularly vulnerable to infection and spread of the virus among colleagues and family members. Nurses constitute a vital and the largest workforce in combating this pandemic illness as they serve
as main front liners at both the patient’s bedside and in communities for 24 hours, seven days a week (24/7). Methods: A qualitative-phenomenological research design was utilized to assist the researchers in apprehending the thoughts and experiences of the nurses. Participants were chosen through the use of authoritative sampling.
Result: The sense of powerlessness is overwhelming for COVID Ward nurses as they were under extreme pressure resulting in fear not only of being exposed to infected patients but were scared that they were placing their family at greater risk of acquiring the virus.
Conclusion: Apprehension of acquiring indicates that majority of the participants were afraid of obtaining COVID-19 virus during their time in the COVID Ward. This theme was supported by Unver and Yenigun in 2021 where they stated that healthcare workers are the most affected group in this process and in addition to working in one-on-one contact with patients, they experience serious anxiety and fear due to the conditions.
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