Meaning of grief during COVID-19 in nursing students and professors

Significado del duelo frente al COVID en estudiantes y profesores de enfermería

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Merilyn Guerra-Ramirez
Indiana Rojas-Torres
Janery Tafur-Castillo
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Objective: The pandemic caused by COVID-19 and the consequences due to its high mortality rate, affected the mental, psychological and emotional health of the world’s population. The nursing academic community was not the exception; therefore, the objective of this study is to describe the meaning of grief during COVID-19 in nursing students and professors in a university. Materials and methods: Qualitative descriptive study with phenomenological focus from the experience of 12 people who faced grief due to the loss of a loved one because of COVID-19. The information was obtained from September 2021 to February 2022 through in-depth interviews that were recorded and literally transcribed; subsequently, the keywords were identified to categorize them. Results: Four categories emerged: the last goodbye for what COVID took from us; continuing life with grief caused by COVID; seeking support to cope with grief due to COVID; what changed after losing a loved one to COVID. The data above indicate that care should be particularly thought in the academy for these grief attitudes caused by the disappearance of near and dear ones due to COVID. Conclusions: The study concludes that the students and professors of a nursing program faced a complex and diverse process, with social and cultural aspects, and that the categories shown reveal possible care actions orientated to the study population.


 


Keywords: care, grief, confrontation, coronavirus.

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Merilyn Guerra-Ramirez, Universidad Simón Bolivae. Bogotá, Colombia

Enfermera, magister en enfermería, profesora programa de enfermería Universidad Simón Bolívar. Barranquilla Colombia. Correo: mguerra@unisimonbolivar.edu.co 0000-0002-9398-5317

Indiana Rojas-Torres, Universidad Simón Bolívar. Barranquilla, Colombia

Enfermera, magister en administración de empresas e innovación, profesora programa de enfermería Universidad Simón Bolívar. Barranquilla Colombia. Correo: indianaluzrojastorres@gmail.com 0000-0002-2601-2363

Janery Tafur-Castillo, Universidad Simón Bolívar. Barranquilla, Colombia

Enfermera. PhD en Ciencias de la Educación, profesora programa de enfermería Universidad Simón Bolívar. Barranquilla Colombia. Correo: jtafur1@unisimonbolovar.edu.co 0000-0002-5808-5495

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