Dispatched nurses' experience of wearing full gear personal protective equipment to care for COVID-19 patients in China-A descriptive qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims and objectives

We explored dispatched nurses' experiences of wearing full gear personal protective equipment to care for patients with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China.

Background

Full gear personal protective equipment is the primary and foremost measure to prevent the contact and transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2); however, working in full gear personal protective equipment may hinder nursing care activities and thus negatively affect patients' and nurses' health.

Design

This descriptive qualitative inquiry followed the COREQ guidelines.

Methods

Individual semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted in a purposive sample of 15 frontline nurses who were dispatched to the outbreak epicentr

SUBMITTER: Chen F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8251170 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature