Affiliations: [a] Health Services Department, Kırıkhan Vocational School, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey
| [b] Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep, Turkey
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Address for correspondence: Betul Tosun, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hasan Kalyoncu University, 8th Km on the Airport Road, Sahinbey, Gaziantep, Turkey. E-mail: tosunbetul@gmail.com; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4505-5887.
Abstract: BACKGROUND:As a result of the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, compliance with isolation measures has become challenging. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the individual workload perception and compliance with isolation measures of nurses working in the emergency service and critical care unit during the COVID-19 outbreak. METHODS:This descriptive correlational study was carried out in the emergency service and critical care unit of a public hospital between April 20 and May 20, 2021. A total of 153 nurses working in the emergency service and critical care unit who agreed to participate in the study were included in the study. RESULTS:Nurses from a state hospital’s emergency department and critical care unit (n = 153) were included in the study sample. The impression of overall individual workload by nurses and compliance with isolation (r = 0.153; p < 0.05) had a positive, weak, and significant relationship. The Isolation Measures Compliance Scale resulted in a mean score of 70.70±5.35. The mean score on the Individual Workload Scale for nurses was moderate (3.22±0.54). CONCLUSION:The low perception of individual workload of nurses working in the emergency service and critical care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic increased the compliance with isolation measures.
Keywords: Emergency nurses, workload, isolation, critical care nurses, pandemic, COVID-19
