Fawaz Mirna, Itani Mohammad
Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon.
Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2022 Jun;68(4):754-761. doi: 10.1177/00207640211004989. Epub 2021 Mar 18.
For the past 2 months the number of COVID-19 cases in Lebanon has been on the rise, while frontline nurses after the Beirut Blast of August 4th have been practicing through limited resources and a challenging context.
This paper aims at exploring the psychological experiences of Lebanese frontline nurses serving at ground zero hospital during the current COVID-19 outbreak.
This study was carried out in three main ground-zero hospitals in Beirut which are receiving COVID-19 cases.
This study have employed a phenomenological exploratory qualitative research design, where virtual interviews were conducted with 18 frontline nurses during the second week of January 2021.
Thematic analysis of the data expressed by the frontline nurses working in the approached ground-zero hospitals gave rise to five themes, namely 'helplessness and impending doom', 'increased mortality rates and depressive mood', 'fear of death and obsessive thinking', 'flashbacks, panic, and incompetence', and 'public recklessness, governmental responsibility, and anger'.
The frontline nurses working at ground zero hospitals in Beirut are facing significant psychological challenges that should be mediated by the government and health policymakers in order to safeguard the quality of care and avoid higher mortality rates.
在过去的两个月里，黎巴嫩新冠肺炎病例数一直在上升，而在8月4日贝鲁特爆炸事件后，一线护士一直在资源有限且充满挑战的环境中工作。
本文旨在探讨在当前新冠肺炎疫情爆发期间，在零号医院服务的黎巴嫩一线护士的心理体验。
本研究在贝鲁特三家接收新冠肺炎病例的主要零号医院进行。
本研究采用现象学探索性定性研究设计，于2021年1月的第二周对18名一线护士进行了虚拟访谈。
对在所涉零号医院工作的一线护士所表达的数据进行主题分析，得出了五个主题，即“无助与末日将至”、“死亡率上升与抑郁情绪”、“对死亡的恐惧与强迫性思维”、“闪回、恐慌与无能”以及“公众的鲁莽、政府的责任与愤怒”。
在贝鲁特零号医院工作的一线护士面临着重大的心理挑战，政府和卫生政策制定者应进行调解，以保障护理质量并避免更高的死亡率。
