Gurdap Zuleyha, Cengiz Zeliha
Department of Fundamentals of Nursing, Nursing Faculty, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey.
J Nurs Care Qual. 2023;38(4):312-318. doi: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000702. Epub 2023 Mar 14.
Intensive care unit (ICU) nurses faced an increased risk of compassion fatigue and ethical concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic.
To evaluate compassion fatigue of ICU nurses and their ethical attitudes in care during the COVID-19 pandemic and analyze contributing factors.
An exploratory cross-sectional research design was used.
A total of 103 ICU nurses participated. The nurses' compassion fatigue and ethical attitude scores were high. Compassion fatigue was explained by the following variables: considering resigning, receiving support for ethical decisions, willingness to work in the ICU, duration of providing activities of daily living in a shift, and number of patients per nurse.
Compassion fatigue was high in nurses working in the ICU during COVID-19. The high level of ethical attitudes shows commitment to professional ethics and reflects the development of the nurses' professional identity. Implementation of interventions that help improve compassion fatigue among nurses is needed.
在新冠疫情期间，重症监护病房（ICU）护士面临着更高的同情疲劳风险和伦理问题。
评估新冠疫情期间ICU护士的同情疲劳及其在护理中的伦理态度，并分析相关影响因素。
采用探索性横断面研究设计。
共有103名ICU护士参与。护士的同情疲劳和伦理态度得分较高。同情疲劳可由以下变量解释：考虑辞职、在伦理决策上获得支持、愿意在ICU工作、每班提供日常生活活动的时长以及每名护士护理的患者数量。
新冠疫情期间，ICU护士的同情疲劳程度较高。较高的伦理态度表明对职业道德的坚守，也反映了护士职业认同感的发展。需要实施有助于改善护士同情疲劳的干预措施。
