Background: Previous research shows nurses' experiences of caring for patients with Covid-19. Nurses's described a complex care including scared patients. Nurses' experiences insecurity due to lack of knowledge, resulting in redices quality of care and deprioritized nursing care. Nurses emphasized patients' need for emotional support. With this knowledge, it is important to get a description of the patients' experiences. Aim: To describe patients' experiences of recieved Covid-19 care. Method: A literature review eith descriptive synthesis. Result: The result revealed two themes and six subthemes. The first theme was patient's experiences of gratitude with subthemes: Appreciationg healtcare staff, The importance of support from family and Finding appreciation in a changed existance. The second theme was patients' experience of despair with subthemes: The experiences of social challenges, Fear of dying and Feeling guilty. Conclution: Patients' had positive and negativa experiences of care for Covid-19. The social challanges Covid-19 brought resulted in despair, loneliness and anxiety. Fear of death was also described. Feelings of guilt arose when patients' worried about infecting others. Despite this, patients found appreciation in the changes existence that lead to personal development. Support from healt care staff and family was appreciated.Keywords: Covid-19, pandemic, patients' experiences, qualitative litterature study.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mdh-66075 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Segerström, Fanny, Tapia Balado, Paulina |
| Publisher | Mälardalens universitet, Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärd |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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