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Ethical issues experienced by nurses during COVID-19 in university hospitals
Janaína Cassana Mello Yasin1, Edison Luiz Devos Barlem1, Rosemary Silva da Silveira1
1Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
Objective:
To identify the ethical issues experienced by nurses in the care for patients with COVID-19 and the factors that influence their occurrence.
Method:
This is a cross-sectional, quantitative study, carried out between February and May 2022 with 101 nurses from two university hospitals, through the socio-occupational Ethical issues Experienced by Nurses in Emergency Questionnaire, adapted and validated for Brazilians. Descriptive statistical analysis, Pearson's correlation test and linear regression were performed, adopting p-value.
Results:
Ethical issues related to concern and stress in caring for infected patients were evidenced, being influenced by perception of social stigmatization (p = .003) and perception of hospital measures (p = .000). Agreement with infection control measures (4.46) and perception of hospital measures against COVID-19 (3.26) were factors with the highest mean between the constructs.
Conclusion:
Nurses are faced with ethical issues in the face of concern and stress in caring for patients with COVID-19, who are affected by social issues and assistance. It is essential to support them, promoting their mental and social well-being to deal with new emergency situations.
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