Original Research Paper

Nurses' Death Anxiety During The Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract :

Daily statistics show an increase in the incidence of Covid-19 virus across different countries, including Iran. Given that the virus has been labeled a pandemic now, there is no definitive treatment or prevention for it, and some epidemiologists predict that at least 60% of the population will be infected with the disease, a great deal of stress and concern has been created in communities. Certainly, there have been significant successes in the process of identifying, managing, and controlling the disease since the beginning of this pandemic and these successes will continue. However, at this time, medical staff, including nurses, faces an unprecedented crisis and problem. Nurses' experience in dealing with the sudden onset of acute respiratory syndrome and the death of patients in intensive care units has increased anxiety, fear, and stress among them, and this condition may gradually lead to psychological distress and serious psychological injuries such as depression and death anxiety in the long run. Health managers and leaders, along doing other management practices in this epidemic, must plan in such a way that they can provide sufficient support to the nursing staff and design programs for their physical, mental, and psychological support. Based on nurses' experiences and the latest published texts in this regard, some strategies such as comprehensive organizational support, face-to-face and virtual psychological counseling, training of problem-focused coping skills, being a self-care model as a leader, and public encouragement and support of medical staff in the media are suggested in this commentary to ensure the mental health of nurses and control their death anxiety. More experimental interventions and studies are suggested in this regard.

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