Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Neuroscience, Neurology and Psychiatry (ICONAP 2022)

Phenomenological Study of the Psychological Condition of Nurses in COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors
Sri Eka Wahyuni1, 2, *, Budi Anna Keliat2, Junaiti Sahar2
1Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Sumatera Utara, 3 Prof T Ma’as, Medan, Indonesia
2Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Indonesia, Prof Dr Bahder Djohan, Depok, West Java, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: eka_rizky06@yahoo.co.id
Corresponding Author
Sri Eka Wahyuni
Available Online 31 March 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-120-3_28How to use a DOI?
Keywords
nurse; COVID-19; psychological
Abstract

Purpose

The study explores the psychological conditions of COVID-19 nurses at the Medan City Hospital.

Method

Research design was descriptive phenomenological qualitative. The purposive sampling method was used to obtain data from 10 participants through in-depth interviews. A tape recorder and a camera were used to record the interview process.

Results

The participants 8 female and 2 male, Nears and attended emergency training. The results identified seven themes, namely external and internal stressors experienced by nurses due to the pandemic, internal and external problems, strategies to deal with stressors, as well as physical and psychological support expected by nurses.

Conclusion

The result of this study can be used as primary data for further studies and help develop therapeutic models to overcome the psychosocial conditions of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results also can guide the government and hospitals in setting policies regarding the importance of overcoming the problems and forms of psychological support needed by nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Neuroscience, Neurology and Psychiatry (ICONAP 2022)
Series
Advances in Health Sciences Research
Publication Date
31 March 2023
ISBN
978-94-6463-120-3
ISSN
2468-5739
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-120-3_28How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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