Emotional labor of nurses in the front line against the COVID-19 pandemic

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Autor(a) principal: Diogo,Paula Manuela Jorge
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Sousa,Maria Odete Carvalho Lemos e, Rodrigues,Joana Rita Guarda da Venda, Silva,Tânia Alexandra de Almeida Martins de Almeida e, Santos,Márcia Leandra Ferreira
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
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Resumo: ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze nurses’ experiences in the front line of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic regarding the performance of emotional labor (EL), aiming at its characterization and identification of support strategies and development opportunities of nurses and practices. Methods: Qualitative, descriptive, and exploratory study, with content analysis of eleven written narratives and reports from a focus group composed of nurses with experience in caring for patients with COVID-19 from different Hospital Centers in Lisbon, Portugal. Results: Five themes were extracted: 1) Challenges experienced by nurses in the frontline; 2) Emotions experienced by nurses in service care; 3) Emotional responses of nurses and patients: impact on care; 4) EL of nurses in the patient care process; 5) Opportunities for development in the face of the emotional challenge required of nurses in combating COVID-19. Final considerations: The nurses demonstrated the ability to transform this profoundly emotional experience positively.
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title Emotional labor of nurses in the front line against the COVID-19 pandemic
spellingShingle Emotional labor of nurses in the front line against the COVID-19 pandemic
Diogo,Paula Manuela Jorge
Emotions
Nurses
Nursing Care
Pandemics
COVID-19
title_short Emotional labor of nurses in the front line against the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full Emotional labor of nurses in the front line against the COVID-19 pandemic
title_fullStr Emotional labor of nurses in the front line against the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Emotional labor of nurses in the front line against the COVID-19 pandemic
title_sort Emotional labor of nurses in the front line against the COVID-19 pandemic
author Diogo,Paula Manuela Jorge
author_facet Diogo,Paula Manuela Jorge
Sousa,Maria Odete Carvalho Lemos e
Rodrigues,Joana Rita Guarda da Venda
Silva,Tânia Alexandra de Almeida Martins de Almeida e
Santos,Márcia Leandra Ferreira
author_role author
author2 Sousa,Maria Odete Carvalho Lemos e
Rodrigues,Joana Rita Guarda da Venda
Silva,Tânia Alexandra de Almeida Martins de Almeida e
Santos,Márcia Leandra Ferreira
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Diogo,Paula Manuela Jorge
Sousa,Maria Odete Carvalho Lemos e
Rodrigues,Joana Rita Guarda da Venda
Silva,Tânia Alexandra de Almeida Martins de Almeida e
Santos,Márcia Leandra Ferreira
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Emotions
Nurses
Nursing Care
Pandemics
COVID-19
topic Emotions
Nurses
Nursing Care
Pandemics
COVID-19
description ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze nurses’ experiences in the front line of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic regarding the performance of emotional labor (EL), aiming at its characterization and identification of support strategies and development opportunities of nurses and practices. Methods: Qualitative, descriptive, and exploratory study, with content analysis of eleven written narratives and reports from a focus group composed of nurses with experience in caring for patients with COVID-19 from different Hospital Centers in Lisbon, Portugal. Results: Five themes were extracted: 1) Challenges experienced by nurses in the frontline; 2) Emotions experienced by nurses in service care; 3) Emotional responses of nurses and patients: impact on care; 4) EL of nurses in the patient care process; 5) Opportunities for development in the face of the emotional challenge required of nurses in combating COVID-19. Final considerations: The nurses demonstrated the ability to transform this profoundly emotional experience positively.
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