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Background: With the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic in the world, medical staff have become the main force to fight the epidemic. In the process of clinically fighting the epidemic, many nurses experience enormous physical and psychological strain. All parties are under tremendous pressure due to the shortage of medical resources and the large numbers of severely ill patients requiring assistance. Herein, we explored the inner experience of first-line clinical nursing staff during the COVID-19 epidemic.Methods: In March 2020, qualitative research methods were used to interview 18 clinical first-line nurses. Semi-structured interviews were used, and data analysis consisted of content analysis of the interviews. Results: A total of four themes were identified: (1) work-level experience: (a) difficulty in the implementation of nursing operations, (b) a sense of accomplishment in innovative nursing work; (2) experience at the physical level: (a) tiredness, (b) injury/discomfort; (3) psychological experience: (a) enormous psychological pressure, (b) post-traumatic psychological obstacles, (c) sense of mission/achievement; (4) traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) nursing experience: (a) frustration during treatment, (b) joy after treatment. Conclusions: Anti-epidemic clinical first-line nurses were able to maintain their high-level nursing ability under large amounts of psychological pressure and a high level of physical discomfort, which laid the foundation for victory over the epidemic.Trial registration: None |
