Abstract
AIM: To explore how nurses experienced working in a newly organized COVID-19 ward with high-risk patients during a new and unknown pandemic.
DESIGN: A qualitative explorative study using a phenomenological-hermeneutic approach.
METHODS: Semi-structured individual telephone interviews were conducted in June-July 2020 with 23 nurses working in COVID-19 wards from three regional hospitals in Denmark. The nurses had been transferred from other departments at their hospital to the newly organized COVID-19 wards. Data analysis was influenced by Paul Ricoeur's theory of narrative and interpretation, including three analytical levels: naïve reading, structural analysis and critical interpretation and discussion.
RESULTS: During the structural analysis four themes were generated: (a) Challenging and uncertain situation, but also a positive experience (b) Professional and personal development (c) Lack of nurses' rights during a pandemic (d) Reward in itself or a desire for financial reward.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Nursing Open |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Pages (from-to) | 3006-3015 |
| ISSN | 2054-1058 |
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| Publication status | Published - Nov 2021 |
Bibliographical note
© 2021 The Authors. Nursing Open published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.Keywords
- Coronavirus outbreak
- Ricoeur
- interviews
- pandemic
- phenomenological-hermeneutic
- qualitative approach
- COVID-19
- SARS-CoV-2
- Hospitals
- Humans
- Nurses
- Qualitative Research