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KMID : 1155220220470020181
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Journal of the Korean Society of Health Information and Health Statistics
2022 Volume.47 No. 2 p.181 ~ p.190
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Working Status, Adequacy of Support, and Nursing Professional Pride among Frontline Nurses at a Designated COVID-19 Hospital
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Jung Da-Hye
Jang Gun-Ja
Lee Hye-Sook
Lee Hyun-Jin
Ko Sang-Jin
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate experiences such as working status, adequacy of support system from the nation and local gov- ernment, and nursing professional pride of nurses working at a Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) designated hospital during the early COVID-19 pandemic in Daegu Metropolitan City, South Korea.
Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study. Participants were 157 nurses who cared for 851 patients with coronavirus infectious disease during the initial pandemic from February 18 to May 18, 2020. Work-related characteristics, national/local government/institutional support provided for risky nursing care, and nursing professional pride (Korean-Nursing Professional Pride) were surveyed from January 15 to February 15, 2020. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics.
Results: Nurses worked 21 to 22 days with 7 to 8 days of overtime working a month and 2.06 hours of overtime working a day due to a shortage of nursing staff. Of them, 97.5% of nurses demonstrated concern about the transmission of COVID-19. Despite the working conditions, many participants perceived national and local government support systems for chal- lenging works as insufficient. However, the nursing professional pride was 3.44, and more than 90% of nurses perceived increased professional aware- ness of nurses.
Conclusions: This study suggested that frontline nurses were overworked due to the explosive increase of patients and inadequately compensated, and policies should be established to improve these issues.
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KEYWORD
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COVID-19, Nurses, Work, Professionalism
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