Professional Quality of Life of Nurses Providing Care for Patients with COVID-19

Abstract

Objective: This study was conducted to determine the professional quality of life and care experiences of nurses who provide care for patients with COVID-19. Materials and Methods: The sample of this descriptive and cross-sectional study consisted of 181 nurses working in the intensive care units, emergency services of 5 hospitals in İstanbul (Turkey) which takes the first place according to the spread of the epidemic. Results: The nurses working for 1-4 years, 3 or more shifts per week, working in COVID-19 services, and providing care for 100 or more patients had higher compassion satisfaction scores. The compassion fatigue scores of those who were university graduates and worked 60 hours or more per week were found to be high. Those without children, high school graduates, those working 60 hours or more per week, those having 3 or more shifts per week,and those providing care for 100 or more patients in emergency services had higher mean scores on the PRoQOL. Conclusions: During the COVID-19 pandemic process, it is predicted that the level of compassion fatigue and burnout of nurses alarms. It is thought that reducing the workload and improving working conditions of nurse managers and leaders, the rotation of nurses between clinics, using methods of overcoming the stres