“We are Tired but Do Not Give Up” the Dilemma and Challenges of Primary Nurses Facing the Omicron Variant: Qualitative Research

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Table 1 Interviewees’ Socio-Demographic and Professional Characteristics

Participant Number	Coding	Gender	Age (Years)	Nursing Educational Level	Years of Experience
1	P1	Female	42	Vocational	13
2	P2	Female	43	Nurse Profession	12
3	P3	Female	39	Vocational	9
4	P4	Male	33	Vocational	11
5	P5	Male	30	Vocational	7
6	P6	Female	40	Nurse Profession	15
7	P7	Male	33	Vocational	5
8	P8	Male	33	Vocational	8
9	P9	Female	36	Vocational	10
10	P10	Female	30	Vocational	13
11	P11	Male	42	Nurse Profession	14
12	P12	Female	38	Vocational	7
13	P13	Male	33	Vocational	8
14	P14	Female	36	Vocational	10
15	P15	Female	40	Vocational	13
16	P16	Male	42	Nurse Profession	15
17	P17	Female	28	Vocational	11
18	P18	Female	40	Vocational	13
19	P19	Male	42	Nurse Profession	15
20	P20	Female	28	Vocational	12

Table 2 Themes and Sub-Themes Derived from Analysis of Interviews

Theme	Sub-Theme
The Dilemma of Nursing Clinical Practice	Less than optimal vaccination
	Reporting of covid is not optimal
	Patient is given a normal mask
	Only serve circumcision and birth control
	Regardless of omicron or delta
	Afraid of the swab test
School cluster	Transmission from the school drop off group
	Nausea, hot vomiting, cough symptoms in children
	Dominant psychological problems
Virus Type Confusion	Most of the covid verdicts are only from symptoms
	Already vaccinated so symptoms are mild
	The verdict of the type of covid depends on the one that is pandemic
	Medication only treats symptoms
	Symptoms of Omicron (digestive and respiratory)
Indigenous peoples do not believe in covid	Village community culture (pagebluk/ common disease)
	Do not dare to speak out for covid, because you are afraid of the masses
	Afraid to go to the hospital for fear of being infected with covid
Must be Excited and Alert	Case addition data
	Because we are at the forefront
	Raise people’s spirits