Psychological burden of nurses in the coronavirus pandemic

Year 2020, Volume: 1 Issue: 1, 11 - 18, 31.12.2020

Gül Ergün , Yeşim Maçça

Abstract

Coronavirus disease, which appeared in China in 2019, has spread all over the world in a very short period of time. A Coronavirus outbreak has been declared a pandemic with the spread of the disease. Coronavirus disease affects many health professionals, as well as nurses who are an integral part of the health system, exposing them to an increase in work intensity and some psychological problems that this workload brings. Nurses have begun to perform their care tasks more often and for all the needs of patients. Nurses who were in constant contact with sick individuals and provided their care experienced psychological effects in this process. The purpose of this review is to examine the psychological burdens of coronavirus disease on nurses.

Keywords

coronavirus, pandemic, psychological burden, nurse

Koronavirüs pandemisinde hemşirelerin psikolojik yükleri

Abstract

Çin’de 2019 yılında ortaya çıkan Koronavirüs hastalığı oldukça kısa bir süre içerisinde bütün Dünyaya yayılmıştır. Hastalığın yayılmasıyla birlikte koronavirüs salgını pandemi olarak ilan edilmiştir. Koronavirüs hastalığı birçok sağlık profesyonelini etkilediği gibi sağlık sisteminin ayrılmaz bir parçası olan hemşireleri de etkileyerek iş yoğunluklarında artışa ve bu iş yükünün getirmiş olduğu bazı psikolojik sorunlara maruz bırakmıştır. Hemşireler bakım verme görevlerini daha sık ve hastaların tüm ihtiyaçlarına yönelik olarak yapmaya başlamışlardır. Hasta bireylerle devamlı temas halinde olan ve bakımlarını sağlayan hemşireler bu süreçte psikolojik etkiler yaşamışlardır. Bu derlemenin amacı koronavirüs hastalığının hemşireler üzerindeki psikolojik yüklerini incelemektir.

Keywords

koronavirüs, pandemi, psikolojik yük, hemşire

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