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Work experience of special workers returning to work after the public health emergency: taking ICU nurses who have been infected with COVID-19 as example† Cover

Work experience of special workers returning to work after the public health emergency: taking ICU nurses who have been infected with COVID-19 as example†

Frontiers of Nursing
Volume 11 (2024): Issue 4 (December 2024)
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|Dec 2024

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Figure 1.

Concise graphic representation based on five themes. Notes: Nurses attacked by COVID-19 will face three problems in their work time, one is the problem of working status (staff reduction, overtime, and the change of work focus), and the other is their own state (physical aspect: discomfort caused by disease infection, fever and other symptoms; psychological aspect: panic about disease and future). Third, the family aspect (COVID-19 is very contagious, nurses ICU often have family members who need to take care of, they will feel guilty because they conflict with the sense of dedication to group work, resulting in unable to take care of their families). It should be noted that in the course of our interview, we found some surprising things, that is, the nurses had some positive effects through this incident. for example, the sense of professional sanctity has increased (have recognized the greatness of their profession) and the sense of collective responsibility (has realized that the meaning of the collective is unity).
Concise graphic representation based on five themes. Notes: Nurses attacked by COVID-19 will face three problems in their work time, one is the problem of working status (staff reduction, overtime, and the change of work focus), and the other is their own state (physical aspect: discomfort caused by disease infection, fever and other symptoms; psychological aspect: panic about disease and future). Third, the family aspect (COVID-19 is very contagious, nurses ICU often have family members who need to take care of, they will feel guilty because they conflict with the sense of dedication to group work, resulting in unable to take care of their families). It should be noted that in the course of our interview, we found some surprising things, that is, the nurses had some positive effects through this incident. for example, the sense of professional sanctity has increased (have recognized the greatness of their profession) and the sense of collective responsibility (has realized that the meaning of the collective is unity).

Interview guide_

Research questions

  • How did you know you were infected with novel coronavirus?

  • What are the symptoms of your disease?

  • How long do you rest?

  • What are the difficulties and feelings of novel coronavirus going to work after being infected?

  • How do you coordinate the relationship between taking care of your infected family and your own work?

  • Is there anything else you need to add?

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2024-0042 | Journal eISSN: 2544-8994 | Journal ISSN: 2097-5368
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Language: English
Page range: 379 - 386
Submitted on: Feb 23, 2024
Accepted on: Mar 25, 2024
Published on: Dec 16, 2024
Published by: Shanxi Medical Periodical Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year
Keywords:
COVID-19,
intensive care units,
nurses,
public health emergencies,
work experience
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Assistive professions, nursing

© 2024 Qing-Wei Liu, Yu-Biao Gai, Xiao-Lei Bo, Xiao-Jing Guo, Shu-Qin Liu, published by Shanxi Medical Periodical Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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