Professional grief among nurses in Spanish public health centers after caring for COVID-19 patients.
María Ángeles Vázquez-SánchezVictoria Ayllón-PérezDaniel Gutiérrez SánchezInmaculada Valero-CanteroEloisa Fernández-OrdóñezMarina García-GámezCristina CasalsPublished in: Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (2022)
This study shows the impact of professional grief on nurses in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nurses are affected personally by the deaths of patients and by alterations to their working conditions. In many cases, this grief remains unresolved and its various symptoms persist.