Atherosclerosis Research Center and Nursing Faculty, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Front Public Health. 2022 Sep 29;10:954907. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.954907. eCollection 2022.
Undergraduate nursing students were inevitably recruited to provide care in response to overloaded hospitals with COVID-19 patients. The placement was potentially a stressful event and we aimed to understand the students' perception of direct nursing care during the pandemic.
This qualitative content analysis study carried out in 2020 (May-June) in Tehran, I.R. Iran. Using explanatory questions, we interviewed 15 undergraduate nursing students who provided direct care for at least 2 months to patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in the beginning of the pandemic to obtain their deep experiences. We applied the MAXQDA 10 to extract codes, used the qualitative content analysis method for investigation, and then applied the Lincoln and Guba criteria for rigor and trustworthiness. The study was approved by the National Committee for Ethics in Biomedical Research (IR.BMSU.REC.1399.070. available at: https://ethics.research.ac.ir).
Four hundred and 54 codes were identified, which were then sorted into 12 categories underlying four main themes of "hard and unpredictable," "posttraumatic growth," "on the path to self-determination," and "commitment."
Even though the undergraduate nursing students experienced some stress in the beginning, with close support, their caregiving skills improved and they were able to meet the national healthcare needs. More studies are needed to confirm our findings regarding the experiences of the nursing students in combating COVID-19.
在应对新冠疫情期间，大量新冠患者涌入医院，护理本科生不可避免地被招募来提供护理服务。这种安排可能会带来压力，我们旨在了解学生在大流行期间对直接护理的看法。
这是 2020 年（5 月至 6 月）在伊朗德黑兰进行的一项定性内容分析研究。我们使用说明性问题，对 15 名护理本科生进行了访谈，这些学生在疫情初期至少为 2 个月直接护理过住院的新冠患者，以了解他们的深入经验。我们使用 MAXQDA 10 提取代码，采用定性内容分析方法进行研究，然后应用林肯和古巴的标准来保证严谨性和可信度。该研究已获得国家生物医学研究伦理委员会的批准（IR.BMSU.REC.1399.070. 可在 https://ethics.research.ac.ir 获得）。
确定了 454 个代码，这些代码被分类为 12 个类别，这些类别涵盖了四个主要主题，分别是“艰难和不可预测”、“创伤后成长”、“走向自我决定”和“承诺”。
尽管护理本科生在开始时经历了一些压力，但在密切支持下，他们的护理技能得到了提高，能够满足国家的医疗保健需求。需要进一步研究来证实我们在抗击新冠疫情方面的研究结果。
