Nurses' adaptations to changes on a COVID-19 ward in South Korea: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Elucidating nurses' adaptation to changes in the early stage of an infectious disease epidemic is necessary to promote nurses' coping with and adapting to situations in which new infectious diseases are predicted periodically.

Aim

To explore nurses' adaptation to changes in COVID-19 wards in South Korea.

Methods

In-depth interviews were conducted with 20 nurses through purposive sampling from May to August 2020. The collected data were transcribed verbatim, and analysis was performed using conventional content analysis.

Findings

Three categories emerged from the interviews: (a) Disruption caused by an unforeseen pandemic outbreak, (b) perseverance through the turmoil of changes as a nurse, and (c) transition from feelings of fearfulness to those of a

SUBMITTER: Lee W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9941071 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature