Experiences of nurses providing maternity care in a public hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT: Maternity service providers have struggled to provide high-quality services to women and newborns during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic which has substantially impacted health systems and disrupted maternity services globally. Nepal is a resources-limited country that reported a significant impact of the pandemic on maternal health services. It is therefore important to understand better the perspective of health care professionals in this context. This study intends to explore the experiences of nurses providing maternity care in the public sector during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal. A qualitative study using a phenomenological design was conducted. Altogether ten nurses working in maternity services were selected using purposive sampling technique. Data were collected by face-to-face in

SUBMITTER: Basnet B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10021459 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature