Nurses’ Experience in Caring for Patients with Infectious Diseases in a Hospital Isolated Unit

Heo, Yeon Jeong; Kim, Joo Hyun; Jeong, Jeasim; Lee, Seungju

doi:10.48000/kaqrkr.2019.4.32

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“…Consistent with the findings of previous studies, we found that nursing professionals were more likely to feel stress or anxiety than other health care workers [ 15 , 16 , 20 , 29 , 30 ]. Nursing professionals are in crisis as they care for patients with infections, experience fear of infectious diseases, insufficient isolation-patient-care-systems, and ethical dilemmas [ 31 ]. In addition, nurses may experience risk in situations where it is difficult to remove and re-wear a gown in-between treatments due to lack of time.…”

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High Work-Related Stress and Anxiety as a Response to COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers in South Korea: Cross-sectional Online Survey Study

Ahn¹,

Shin²,

Suh³

et al. 2021

JMIR Public Health Surveill

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Background The COVID-19 outbreak had a severe impact on health care workers' psychological health. It is important to establish a process for psychological assessment and intervention for health care workers during epidemics. Objective We investigated risk factors associated with psychological impacts for each health care worker group, to help optimize psychological interventions for health care workers in countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods Respondents (n=1787) from 2 hospitals in Korea completed a web-based survey during the period from April 14 to 30, 2020. The web-based survey collected demographic information, psychiatric history, and responses to the 9-item Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics (SAVE-9), 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), and 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) scales. We performed logistic regression to assess contributing factors as predictor variables, using health care workers’ depression as outcome variables. Results Among 1783 health care workers, nursing professionals had significantly higher levels of depression (PHQ-9 score: meannurse 5.5, SD 4.6; meanother 3.8, SD 4.2; P<.001), general anxiety (GAD-7 score: meannurse 4.0, SD 4.1; meanother 2.7, SD 3.6; P<.001), and virus-related anxiety symptoms (SAVE-9 score: meannurse 21.6, SD 5.9; meanother 18.6, SD 6.3; P<.001). Among nursing professionals, single workers reported more severe depressive symptoms than married workers (PHQ-9 score ≥10; meannurse 20.3%; meanother 14.1%; P=.02), and junior (<40 years) workers reported more anxiety about the viral epidemic (SAVE-9 anxiety score; meannurse 15.6, SD 4.1; meanother 14.7, SD 4.4; P=.002). Logistic regression revealed that hospital (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 1.45, 95% CI 1.06-1.99), nursing professionals (adjusted OR 1.37, 95% CI 1.02-1.98), single workers (adjusted OR 1.51, 95% CI 1.05-2.16), higher stress and anxiety to the viral infection (high SAVE-9 score, adjusted OR 1.20, 95% CI 1.17-1.24), and past psychiatric history (adjusted OR 3.26, 95% CI 2.15-4.96) were positively associated with depression. Conclusions Psychological support and interventions should be considered for health care workers, especially nursing professionals, those who are single, and those with high SAVE-9 scores.

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High Work-Related Stress and Anxiety as a Response to COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers in South Korea: Cross-sectional Online Survey Study

Ahn¹,

Shin²,

Suh³

et al. 2021

JMIR Public Health Surveill

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“…Even the effectiveness of protective equipment is uncertain. It has been found that healthcare providers’ anxiety and fear in such conditions affects their ability to care for patients [ 7 , 8 ]. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, many scholars predict that the time before and after the pandemic will be very different and are asking if we are ready for post- or the ‘with COVID-19 era’ [ 9 , 10 , 11 ].…”

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A Phenomenological Study of Nurses’ Experience in Caring for COVID-19 Patients

Jang

Yang

Shin

2022

IJERPH

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This study aimed to understand and describe the experiences of nurses who cared for patients with COVID-19. A descriptive phenomenological approach was used to collect data from individual in-depth interviews with 14 nurses, from 20 October 2020 to 15 January 2021. Data were analyzed using the phenomenological method of Colaizzi. Five theme clusters emerged from the analysis: (1) nurses struggling under the weight of dealing with infectious disease, (2) challenges added to difficult caring, (3) double suffering from patient care, (4) support for caring, and (5) expectations for post-COVID-19 life. The findings of this study are useful primary data for developing appropriate measures for health professionals’ wellbeing during outbreaks of infectious diseases. Specifically, as nurses in this study struggled with mental as well as physical difficulties, it is suggested that future studies develop and apply mental health recovery programs for them. To be prepared for future infectious diseases and contribute to patient care, policymakers should improve the work environment, through various means, such as nurses’ practice environment management and incentives.

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Understanding nurses’ experiences with near‐miss error reporting omissions in large hospitals

Lee

2021

Nursing Open

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Near-miss errors are errors that occur to a patient. However, the patient is never harmed because of fortuitous or appropriate intervention (Capucho, 2011;Kim, 2006). Although damage has not occurred yet, such errors are highly likely to cause a damage. Near-miss errors are also referred to as potential adverse events (Capucho, 2011).Near-miss errors are invisible. However, medical accidents are clearly visible. If near-miss errors are never addressed internally or debated publicly, it is nearly impossible to discuss contexts related to near-miss errors.Despite remarkable progress has been made for skill levels of medical staff and medical technology, there has not been significant progress in reducing the occurrence of medical accidents and subsequent damages (Asaoka et al., 2013;Kim et al., 2006). As it is difficult for patients to recover both physically and psychologically

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Nurses’ Experience in Caring for Patients with Infectious Diseases in a Hospital Isolated Unit

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High Work-Related Stress and Anxiety as a Response to COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers in South Korea: Cross-sectional Online Survey Study

High Work-Related Stress and Anxiety as a Response to COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers in South Korea: Cross-sectional Online Survey Study

A Phenomenological Study of Nurses’ Experience in Caring for COVID-19 Patients

Understanding nurses’ experiences with near‐miss error reporting omissions in large hospitals

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