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 Volume 8, Issue 5 (May 2021), Pages: 135-142

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: The emotional experience among nurses caring for COVID-19 patients in Hail Region, Saudi Arabia

 Author(s): Nashi Masnad Alreshidi 1, *, Rubina Nesalin Rose 2, Nahar Alreshidi 2

 Affiliation(s):

 1Nursing Administration, Ministry of Health, Hail, Saudi Arabia
 2Ministry of Health, Hail, Saudi Arabia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5864-084X

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2021.05.015

 Abstract:

To assess and describe the emotional experience among nurses caring for COVID-19 patients in the Hail region, Saudi Arabia, a qualitative research design using a phenomenological approach in selected hospitals Hail Region was performed. The researcher identified 30 nurses who provided care for COVID-19 patients. The interview was conducted in person by following the precautionary guidelines or by WhatsApp Application system and the analysis done using Colaizzi's 7-step method. In the present study, the demographic data revealed that 87% of the nurses were females and the remaining participants were Saudi male nurses. Most of the participants (50%) were in the age group 24–29 years. About 66% were Indian, 17% were Filipina, and 17% were Saudi nurses. Moreover, 50% of those nurses have 5–9 years of experience and 37% are young nurses who have 1–4 years of experience. Thus, it is obvious that well-experienced staff are involved in this pandemic duty. Regarding the marital status of the nurses, 50% are married and 50% single. Among 63% of the nurses in this study either unmarried or married without children; 24% of them have a single child; and 13% have more than 2 children. For those who were living with family, the hospital administration arranged certain measures for isolating them during duty. The emotional experience among nurses caring for COVID-19 patients which were narrated by the staffs was transliterated, and the findings were shown based on 4 themes with subthemes as follows: enhancing the negative emotions and feelings at an initial phase, managing coping mechanism, changing anxiety to evolution, and developing positive emotions and at the same time gradually diminishing negative ones. The respondents able to recognize two sets of emotions: One positive and the other one negative. Self-coping styles, psychological well-being, and emotional stability has been developed. While comparing to the other studies the health care workers must be mandatory in crisis management and preparedness. These emotions will then form the foundation of the description and assessment of the overall emotional experiences of the nurses when the Ministry of Health (MOH) decides to enforce a mental wellness program for the country’s nurses. 

 © 2021 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: COVID-19, Emotion, Experience, Nurse, Patient, Qualitative study

 Article History: Received 9 September 2020, Received in revised form 28 November 2020, Accepted 9 February 2021

 Acknowledgment 

The authors are indebted to all COVID-19 department nurses who participated in the study and provided their valuable contribution and are thankful to hospital administration and nursing managers and head nurses for their cooperation.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Ethics approval and consent to participate

The concept of the present study was reviewed and approved by the Regional Bioethics Committee of the General Directorate of Health Affairs, Hail Region, with the approval number 2020/25 dated July 9, 2020. Informed consent was obtained verbally from all participants with full disclosure and explanation of the purpose and procedures of the study. Participants were guaranteed anonymity and confidentiality of the responses and voluntary participation as they can withdraw consent for any reason and any time.

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

  Alreshidi NM, Rose RN, and Alreshidi N (2021). The emotional experience among nurses caring for COVID-19 patients in Hail Region, Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 8(5): 135-142

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