ATT VÅRDA PATIENTER MED COVID-19 : En allmän litteraturöversikt ur sjuksköterskors erfarenheter

Background: Late 2019 an unknown virus causing several cases of pneumonia was reported. This unknown virus named COVID-19 would become the reason for a global pandemic affecting the entire world and causing numerous deaths with 7,1 million people. Previous research indicates that patients experience fear of getting the virus, being in isolation rooms and fear of having a funeral without relatives around. Relatives of the patient’s experiences limited information about the patient’s condition and restricted visitation which cause stress among relatives. Aim: The aim was to create an overview of nurse’s experiences in caring for patients with COVID-19. Method: A general literature review that included eleven nursing science articles, eight of them had qualitative approach, two had quantitative and one had mixed method approach. Results: The results revealed four different themes: challenges with protective equipment, lack of information, fear of getting the virus and fear of infecting relatives and psychological stress. Conclusion: During this study it becomes clear that nurse’s experience’s psychological and physical challenges when caring for patient’s with COVID-19. The challenges nurses has includes changes in work such as increased work, long working hours, wearing protective equipment and caring for patients in isolation rooms with an unknown virus.