Abstract: Background: The first COVID-19 case was announced in Saudi Arabia on 2 March 2020. Since then, 5,296
people had died and 331,330 had recovered from COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia. It has been proven that
pandemics have a significant psychological impact on nursing staff working on the frontlines.
Objective: To explore the impact of working on the frontline of COVID-19 on 20 nurses working at Hera
General Hospital in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Methods: Semi-structured interviews
Results: The majority of interviewees experienced concerns for their families and personal anxiety and stress.
Most also experienced direct consequences.....
Keywords:
Mental Health
Challenges
COVID-19
Saudi Arabia
Qualitative Research
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