Mental Images of Nurses with and without Patient with COVID-19: A Metaphor Study

Introduction: The purpose of this study is to determine the perceptions of nurses who had COVID-19 disease and recovered and who were not sick through metaphors. Materials and Methods: This study was carried out with 50 nurses who were recovered from COVID-19 disease and 50 nurses who were not sick...

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Main Authors: Müjde Moran, Firdevs Ebru Özdemir, Zahide Gül Yazgi Demir, Mualla Yilmaz
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Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-12-01
Series:Indian Journal of Psychiatric Nursing
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/iopn.iopn_69_22
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author Müjde Moran
Firdevs Ebru Özdemir
Zahide Gül Yazgi Demir
Mualla Yilmaz
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description Introduction: The purpose of this study is to determine the perceptions of nurses who had COVID-19 disease and recovered and who were not sick through metaphors. Materials and Methods: This study was carried out with 50 nurses who were recovered from COVID-19 disease and 50 nurses who were not sick during the pandemic process who were working as nurses in a university hospital 3 months after the first wave of pandemics started in Turkey. The study is the qualitative research, which is as data collection technique, metaphors were used. The data collection form consists of six questions containing personal information and one metaphor question. The metaphors developed by nurses regarding the “COVID-19 disease” and the common features of these metaphors were tried to be determined. The content analysis was made. Results: It was determined that the answers given by the nurses were total of 75 metaphors in seven categories. It was determined that all of the metaphorical perceptions of the nurses regarding the “COVID-19 disease” were negative metaphoric perceptions, and the meanings of the metaphors that were seen as positive metaphors such as marriage, friend, life partner, love, hope under the emotions main theme, and relationship/moods sub-theme were negative when the content was examined. Conclusion: The results show that the metaphors expressed by the nurses include pessimism and negativity. This study reflects the ideas of nurses working with all their strength during the COVID-19 pandemic and puts forth the psychological state of nurses.
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spelling doaj-art-c95d6d8142fa4c57a1956d75298bfb4f2025-02-08T08:40:08ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Psychiatric Nursing2231-15052666-528X2023-12-0120214815710.4103/iopn.iopn_69_22Mental Images of Nurses with and without Patient with COVID-19: A Metaphor StudyMüjde MoranFirdevs Ebru ÖzdemirZahide Gül Yazgi DemirMualla YilmazIntroduction: The purpose of this study is to determine the perceptions of nurses who had COVID-19 disease and recovered and who were not sick through metaphors. Materials and Methods: This study was carried out with 50 nurses who were recovered from COVID-19 disease and 50 nurses who were not sick during the pandemic process who were working as nurses in a university hospital 3 months after the first wave of pandemics started in Turkey. The study is the qualitative research, which is as data collection technique, metaphors were used. The data collection form consists of six questions containing personal information and one metaphor question. The metaphors developed by nurses regarding the “COVID-19 disease” and the common features of these metaphors were tried to be determined. The content analysis was made. Results: It was determined that the answers given by the nurses were total of 75 metaphors in seven categories. It was determined that all of the metaphorical perceptions of the nurses regarding the “COVID-19 disease” were negative metaphoric perceptions, and the meanings of the metaphors that were seen as positive metaphors such as marriage, friend, life partner, love, hope under the emotions main theme, and relationship/moods sub-theme were negative when the content was examined. Conclusion: The results show that the metaphors expressed by the nurses include pessimism and negativity. This study reflects the ideas of nurses working with all their strength during the COVID-19 pandemic and puts forth the psychological state of nurses.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/iopn.iopn_69_22covid-19metaphornursepandemic
spellingShingle Müjde Moran
Firdevs Ebru Özdemir
Zahide Gül Yazgi Demir
Mualla Yilmaz
Mental Images of Nurses with and without Patient with COVID-19: A Metaphor Study
Indian Journal of Psychiatric Nursing
covid-19
metaphor
nurse
pandemic
title Mental Images of Nurses with and without Patient with COVID-19: A Metaphor Study
title_full Mental Images of Nurses with and without Patient with COVID-19: A Metaphor Study
title_fullStr Mental Images of Nurses with and without Patient with COVID-19: A Metaphor Study
title_full_unstemmed Mental Images of Nurses with and without Patient with COVID-19: A Metaphor Study
title_short Mental Images of Nurses with and without Patient with COVID-19: A Metaphor Study
title_sort mental images of nurses with and without patient with covid 19 a metaphor study
topic covid-19
metaphor
nurse
pandemic
url https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/iopn.iopn_69_22
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