RESUMO
Objective: The objective was to describe Nurse's experience in giving nursing care to covid-19 patients. Method: Phenomenology design was used in this study. Participants in this study were nurses who provided nursing care for COVID-19 patients. Participant data were obtained from the nursing office and contacted via cell phone to become participants. After data saturation the researcher found six nurses as participants. In-depth interviews were conducted from July to August 2020 to explore the experiences of nurses giving nursing care to Covid-19 patients. Data was analyzed using the Colaizzi method. Result: We found five themes of nurses giving nursing care to Covid-19 patients. The themes include the Motivation of nurses to provide nursing care during the COVID-19 pandemic, the nurse emotional response, the patient emotional response, the problems faced by COVID-19 nurses, and the expectations of the nurses. Conclusion: Nurses need support while giving nursing care to Covid-19 patients to break Covid-19 transmission.
