Experiences of suffering among nursing professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic: A descriptive qualitative study

dc.creatorSánchez-Romero, Sheila
dc.creatorRuiz-Fernández, María Dolores
dc.creatorFernández-Medina, Isabel María
dc.creatordel Mar Jiménez-Lasserrotte, María
dc.creatordel Rocío Ramos-Márquez, María
dc.creatorOrtega-Galán, Ángela María
dc.date2024-04-10T06:37:08Z
dc.date2024-04-10T06:37:08Z
dc.date2022
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-17T21:10:51Z
dc.date.available2024-07-17T21:10:51Z
dc.identifier10.1016/j.apnr.2022.151603
dc.identifier08971897
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12728/11034
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/9508975
dc.descriptionBackground and aim: Healthcare professionals have played a fundamental role in managing and controlling the COVID-19 health crisis. They are exposed to high levels of suffering, trauma, uncertainty, and powerlessness in the workplace. The objective of this study was to explore and understand experiences of suffering among primary care and hospital care nurses during the COVID-19 health crisis. Design: This is a descriptive qualitative study. Between March and April 2021, 19 in-depth interviews were carried out with nurses at health and social care facilities and hospitals in southern Spain. ATLAS.ti 9.0 software was used for discourse analysis. Results: Nurses reported that they had experienced suffering during their work in the pandemic. The main causes suggested were direct contact with patients' suffering and organisational difficulties. The repercussions are in emotional dimension and physical deterioration and social isolation. Conclusion and implications: Given the circumstances, programmes to promote healthy, compassion-based behaviours and changes to the way in which professionals' suffering is handled must be implemented by healthcare facility managers. Nursing leaders should consider the management of suffering as a matter of the first order, both from the ethical point of view and the business profitability and make compassionate leadership. © 2022 The Authors
dc.descriptionASANEC, (TRFE-SI-2019/010); Andalusian Association of Community Nursing; Department of Nursing, Physiotherapy, and Medicine, (EFM 112/2021); University of Almeria
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageen
dc.publisherW.B. Saunders
dc.subjectCompassion fatigue
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectHealth professionals
dc.subjectNurses
dc.subjectQualitative study
dc.subjectSuffering
dc.titleExperiences of suffering among nursing professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic: A descriptive qualitative study
dc.typeArticle


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