Coping experiences of Pakistani nurses against corona stressor; a qualitative study

Abstract

Objective: The aim of the present qualitative study was to find out how Pakistani Nurses are experiencing the coping strategies against CoronaStressor. Background: Corona is the WorldWide stressor for Nurses. The Pakistani Nurses are experiencing this stressor and are coping with it too. The present study is on Coping of Nurses of Pakistan against CoronaStressor. Method: Narrative variation of qualitative research with conventional content analysis was applied to extract results from openended interview questions which were administered on nurses face to face with purposive sampling technique. Results: Six major themes; five of conventional coping strategies and one new coping strategy were used by Nurses against CoronaStressor. Discussion & Conclusion: Nurses in Pakistan are using Standard Operating Procedures as a new coping strategy against Corona Stressor with the already established conventional coping strategies.