Abstract
Background: A Healthcare worker has a significant role, as well as plays a frontline in providing health intervention in relation to recent Covid-19 pandemic. He/she is vulnerably exposed to hazards such as psychological pressure, physical and mental exhaustion and the stigma imposed by society. Among other health care duties, a nurse possesses a responsibility as a care giver in which he/she needs to provide helps for patient physically and psychologically while also upholds the client's dignity. Awareness is a state-condition where a person is ready to respond or answer challenges in a certain way to a particular situation. A nurse who has the duty in Hemodialysis Unit, who is in charge of caring for patients with Chronic Renal Failure (CRF) with routine hemodialysis therapy are potentially at risk of being exposed to the Covid-19 virus during this pandemic. For this situation, a nurse needs to have awareness to remain able to carry out hemodialysis to CRF patients. Objectives: This study aims to determine the awareness of a nurse in facing the adaptation of new normal in the Covid-19 pandemic. Methods: This research was a quantitative survey applying in-depth interviews. This research used qualitative phenomenology approach, by analyzing the results of interviews with coding, determining categories, and determining the theme of the interview results. Results: The results of in-depth interviews with 6 hemodialysis unit nurses in a private hospital in the Yogyakarta region, obtained 65 codes, 18 categories, and 5 themes. Conclusion: The awareness of the adaptation of new normal in the Covid-19 pandemic possesses by each nurse in Hemodialysis Unit is vary. However, the nurses aware, that to be able to continuously provide nursing care to CRF patients with routine hemodialysis therapy, they need to be mindful to their physical and psychological self-awareness; to well-prepare any Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and to conform PPE standards used in HD units. They generate a commitment to remain on duty during a pandemic Covid-19. Key Words: Nurse Awareness; Hemodialysis; Covid-19 Pandemic; New Normal
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