# The Experience of Stigma in Nurses on the Early Spread of the COVID-19
> Wardani I.Y.

URL kanonis: https://discover.unhas.ac.id/publications/pub_scopus_85144243342
Jurnal / Konferensi: Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences
Tahun terbit: 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2021.7852
ISSN: 18579655
Citations: 1

## Authors
- Wardani I.Y.

## Abstract
BACKGROUND: Nurses are at the forefront of handling the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and have a significant risk in handling the disease. The rapid transmission of the virus causes nurses to experience various mental health problems and stigma in performing their duties. AIM: This study explored mental health conditions and the stigma of nurses at the forefront of handling the COVID-19. METHODS: This research was a qualitative study with 17 nurses serving in hospitals and health centers in various provinces in Indonesia. The data analysis of this research employed a descriptive analysis technique. RESULTS: The data analysis revealed four themes: Nurses carrying out their duties as a professional call, psychological and physical responses as a reaction to work stress, stigma due to running a profession, and social support as a reinforcement for carrying out their duties. CONCLUSION: This study concludes that nurses require protection and guarantees for the work risk and the stigma consequences from the community.

## Keywords
- Medicine
- Stigma (botany)
- Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Mental health
- Social stigma
- Nursing
- Qualitative research
- Descriptive research
- Disease
- Family medicine
- Infectious disease (medical specialty)
- Psychiatry
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
- Pathology
- Statistics
- Sociology
- Social science
- Mathematics

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