Challenges Facing Pediatric Nurses Throughout the Provision of Nursing Care for Children with COVID-19

Hosny Elshater, Maha; Abd -Elhamed Zaki, Nora; G Abd-Elhamed, Amany; Khamies Mohamed, Nahed

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2021.276919

Challenges Facing Pediatric Nurses Throughout the Provision of Nursing Care for Children with COVID-19

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing ,Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

² Assistant professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt.

³ Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt.

10.21608/ejhc.2021.276919

Abstract

Background: COVID-19 epidemic is rapidly increasing throughout the world . It is an important
public health crisis which threat the humanity. Pediatric nurses are at the frontline of fighting
against COVID-19. Nurses are faced with various challenges through the provision of care to
provide high quality of nursing care for children and their family. So, this study aimed to identify
the challenges facing pediatric nurses throughout the provision of nursing care for children with
COVID-19. Design: Descriptive research design was used. Setting: This study was carried out at
isolation pediatric unit in Assiut University Children Hospital. Subjects: Convenience sample of
(33) pediatric nurses have participated in this study. Two tools were used in this study. Tool I:
Structured interview questionnaire sheet for nurses. Tool II: Challenges facing pediatric nurses
during COVID-19 crisis. Results. High Mean and SD of psychological challenges of pediatric
nurses followed by challenges related to the organization's inefficiency in supporting nurses,
physical challenges and finally challenges related to the nature of the disease (covid19) with Mean
and SD were 12.9 ± 2.66 ,11.48±2.43, 11.36±1.78 & 8.0±1.80 respectively. Conclusion: Most of
the studied pediatric nurses faced high challenges during COVID 19 and there was a statistically
significant relationship between the total challenges level and personal data of the studied nurses
except residence. Recommendations: Training programs are necessary to empower nurses with
applicable preparations & manipulation for the challenges and experiences facing them to improve
the skills that enable them to deal with challenges that help in controlling of crisis.

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