Repercussions and feelings of nursing workers who worked in reference hospitals for covid-19

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the repercussions and feelings of nursing workers who worked in a reference health service for COVID-19 care in the state of Paraná. Method: qualitative study, exploratory-descriptive, developed with nursing workers who worked in university hospitals reference to COVID-19 in the state of Paraná. Five weekly remote meetings were held with six nursing workers, through workshops using the Group Dynamics technique, with a total workload of 15 hours, between October and November 2023. Data were analyzed based on the records of the first meeting and organized for content analysis through IRAMUTEQ Software, in the period from September to November 2024. Results: three main categories were identified: repercussions of the pandemic in the work process; repercussion of the pandemic in the family context; and repercussion of the pandemic on worker’s health, evoking both negative and positive feelings. Final Thoughts: the impact generated by the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of nursing workers has repercussions in the spheres of the work process, family and health in the evoking deep feelings before the unknown and necessary readjustments in this context.