Experiences of Nurses Providing Care to People with COVID-19 in a Public Hospital in Peru; [Experiências de enfermeiros que cuidam de pessoas com COVID-19 num hospital público peruano]

Vargas-Lopez J.; Tejada-Muñoz S.; Díaz-Manchay R.J.; Huyhua-Gutierrez S.C.; Vega-Ramírez A.S.; Chenet S.M. · Cultura de los Cuidados (2025) · DOI: 10.14198/cuid.26149

Resumen

Introduction: nurses faced various life-saving situations during COVID-19. Objectives: To describe the experiences patient with COVID-19, b) Most discouraging situations of COVID-19: lack of resources, personal protective equipment, mistreatment and fear, c) Most encouraging situations of COVID-19: spirituality, humane treatment, learning, and hospital equipment, d) Recommendations: self-care, mental health and teamwork. Conclusions: Nurses provided comprehensive care to patients with COVID-19 regardless of the circumstances in which they found themselves. The temporo-spatial theory of the 21st century is proposed, where care is provided with wide protective barriers and sophisticated equipment, but information technology is used for therapeutic communication.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza de Amazonas; Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo