School of Nursing, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
The Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University (Hunan Provincial People's Hospital), Changsha, China.
Nurs Open. 2023 Jun;10(6):3696-3706. doi: 10.1002/nop2.1623. Epub 2023 Jan 31.
To explore the experiences of healthcare workers (HCWs) following occupational exposure to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during the early stage of the pandemic.
A Husserl descriptive phenomenological study design was employed.
Convenient and snowball sampling was used. In-depth semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted from February to March 2020 with the frontline HCWs who were exposed to COVID-19 during work. Data analysis was conducted following the 7-step analysis method developed by Colaizzi.
Fifteen HCWs participated in the study. Four themes were identified, including (1) traumatic experiences since the occupational exposure; (2) getting through the hard time; (3) struggling to return to work; (4) reflections on occupational exposures.
The HCWs had traumatic and painful experiences after the occupational exposure. But they returned to work with strong resilience, professional obligation and social support. Training and supervision, and adequate supply of personal protective equipment are suggested to prevent professional exposure. Social and organizational support should be provided for the exposed HCWs.
探讨在 COVID-19 大流行早期职业接触新冠病毒的医护人员（HCWs）的经历。
采用胡塞尔描述现象学研究设计。
采用便利和滚雪球抽样法，于 2020 年 2 月至 3 月对在工作中接触 COVID-19 的一线 HCWs 进行了深入的半结构式电话访谈。采用 Colaizzi 提出的 7 步分析法进行数据分析。
15 名 HCWs 参与了研究。确定了四个主题，包括（1）职业暴露后的创伤经历；（2）度过艰难时期；（3）努力重返工作岗位；（4）职业暴露反思。
HCWs 在职业暴露后经历了创伤和痛苦。但是，他们以强烈的适应力、职业义务和社会支持重返工作岗位。建议提供培训和监督，并充分供应个人防护设备，以防止职业暴露。应为接触者提供社会和组织支持。
