Experiences of intensive care unit nurses with COVID-19 patients.

Objective: To understand the experiences of intensive care unit nurses who provide care to patients with COVID-19.

Methods: Qualitative study grounded in Alfred Schütz's social phenomenology in which 20 nurses who work in intensive care units at public and private hospitals were interviewed between July and September 2020. Data were analyzed according to the adopted theoretical-methodological framework and the literature related to the subject.