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Palliative Care Challenges for Covid-19 patients among Critical Care Nurses

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Background: COVID-19 pandemic posed a unique challenge to palliative care services. Therefore, this study aimed to assess palliative care challenges for covid-19 among critical care nurses. An exploratory descriptive research design was adopted. Setting and sample: A convenience sample of all critical care nurses who were (74 nurses) and available at Sohag University Hospital's isolation units during study time were included. Two tools were used: Tool (1): a questionnaire of nurses' knowledge regarding palliative care. Tool (2): Palliative care implementation's challenges and strategies' questionnaire. Results: More than half of the studied nurses were female and had less than five years of experience, with a mean age of 29.167.27 years. The majority of nurses had a satisfactory level of knowledge about pain and symptom management (81.1%) and psychological and spiritual care (74.3%), while (64.9%) had an unsatisfactory level of knowledge regarding the philosophy and principles of palliative care. Conclusion: Fear of spreading infection and inadequate resources were the main challenges to implementing palliative care for Covid-19 patients. Important strategies to overcome these challenges included providing financial incentives and a training program for nurses and volunteers on palliative care for Corona patients. Recommendations: Provide training courses and develop strategies for managing palliative care implementation challenges during the pandemic.

DOI

10.21608/asnj.2023.202784.1551

Keywords

COVID-19, Palliative Care, challenges, &Critical care nurses

Authors

First Name

Mona

Last Name

Mohamed Ahmed

MiddleName

Abd Elnasser

Affiliation

Demonstrator at Critical Care & Emergency Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University, Egypt.

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monaabdelnassermohamed@gmail.com

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Sohag

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First Name

Mona

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

Aly

Affiliation

Professor of Critical Care & Emergency Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assuit University, Egypt.

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mona@aun.edu.eg

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Assuit

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First Name

Ghada

Last Name

Mahran

MiddleName

Shalby

Affiliation

Assistant Professor of Critical Care & Emergency Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assuit University, Egypt.

Email

ghada.mahran@nursing.aun.edu.eg

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Assuit

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0000-0003-2526-9789

First Name

Sanaa

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

Saber

Affiliation

Lecturer of Critical Care & Emergency Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University, Egypt.

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dr.sanaa-saber@yahoo.com

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11

Article Issue

36

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37027

Issue Date

2023-03-01

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2023-03-28

Publish Date

2023-03-01

Page Start

208

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221

Print ISSN

2314-8845

Online ISSN

2682-3799

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https://asnj.journals.ekb.eg/article_299469.html

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1,040

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Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal

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https://asnj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Palliative Care Challenges for Covid-19 patients among Critical Care Nurses

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24 Dec 2024