Doing Good but Treated Bad-- The Case of Healthcare Workers Serving
Coronavirus Patients and their Families in Jordan
Abstract
There were 16 face-to-face interviews with healthcare workers from
several hospitals and medical centers in Jordan in which COVID-19
treatment was provided during the pandemic. Given that recalling these
traumatic experiences might be traumatic for some HCWs, all interviews
were conducted by experienced health social workers. The interviews were
conducted in Arabic, and the interview transcripts were subsequently
translated to English to facilitate reporting. The information obtained
through interviews was subjected to thematic analysis, which consisted
of six phases: familiarization, coding, searching for themes, reviewing
themes, defining and naming themes, and writing up (Braun & Clarke,
2006). The 16 HCWs that took part in the interviews were predominantly
female (n =10, 62.5%), worked as nurses (n =10, 62.5%),
and were single (n = 7, 43.8%),