Nurses as the leading fighters during the COVID-19 pandemic: Self-transcendence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Covid 19 pandemic has led to and continues to pose challenges for healthcare systems globally, especially in intensive care units. This research was conducted to examine the self-transcendence of the leading fighters, intensive care nurses, during the Covid 19 pandemic.

Methods

The descriptive phenomenological research method was used in the study. The research was carried out between June and December 2020 with the nurses who care for Covid 19 patients in the Covid 19 intensive care service in different provinces of Turkey. The research was completed with 25 participants. A semi-structured interview form prepared based on the Theory of Self-Transcendence (vulnerability, self-transcendence, and well-being) and based on the literature was used to collect data.<

SUBMITTER: Aydın M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8894910 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature