Beyond the Boundaries of Nursing Care: A PhenomenologicalStudy

The COVID-19 pandemic created an emergency and challenging situation, especially for nurses,who have experiencedfeelings includingfearand questions concerning theirjob responsibilities and professional ethics.They needed tomaintain safety on the basis oftheir knowledge and skills. This study aimedto explorenurses’experiences related to the pandemic. This research was conducted by usingqualitative research with a descriptive phenomenological design. The participants were 15 nurses on duty in COVID-19unitsathospitalsand who were deliveringorhaddelivered direct care topatientswith COVID-19. Data werecollected from in-depth interview and analyzed with Colaizzi technique. The nurses experienced psychological disorders while they were performing their roles through the professional care models, and coping with the management of their workload during the pandemic.Thesecircumstances were caused by the responsibility of nursesto giveall forms of support and protection topatients. Thestudy has shown that nurses facedsome challenges regarding nursing workload to provide nursing care during the pandemic