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Halberg N. Reflections of a white healthcare professional researching ethnicized and racialized minorities: Autoethnographically explored emotions revealing implicit advantages and consequences. Health (London) 2024; 28:542-558. [PMID: 37391906 DOI: 10.1177/13634593231185261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/02/2023]
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Health research is often embedded in biomedicine in which the goal is to remove all bias. However, this is problematic in research on social issues such as social and health inequities. Therefore, there is growing criticism of health researchers' positions as neutral and invisible. I explore research-based advantages and consequences following my positionings within whiteness, nursing and healthcare professionality. Drawing on two ethnographic studies conducted in Denmark, one among black Nigerian women working in the streets of Copenhagen, the other following patients, defined in Danish healthcare as 'ethnic minorities', in two hospitals in the greater Copenhagen area, I take the point of departure from autoethnographic emotions of 'doing good', 'discomfort' and 'denial'. As I analyse these emotions as a production in the contexts, I show the advantages and consequences of leaving my marked body unmarked. With an intersectional lens, I discuss how health researchers' risk (re)producing social inequalities in health based on for example, avoiding topics of skin colour and experiences of discrimination. Ultimately, what legitimized my access to the people in the field paradoxically also risked delegitimizing their experiences of racialized and ethnicized inequalities. This is not only consequential for the interlocutors but also for the knowledge production, since we as health researchers' risk implicitly avoiding important knowledge if we do not see our own research positionings as a racialized, ethnicized and culturalized matter. Therefore, the need for educational curriculum on racialization and anti-discrimination is imperative within the health professions and as health researchers regardless of profession or research area.
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- Nina Halberg
- Roskilde Universitet Institut for Mennesker og Teknologi, Denmark
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Lücker P, Henning E, Kästner A, Hoffmann W. Inactive nurses' willingness to return to active nursing during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study. J Adv Nurs 2024; 80:1043-1057. [PMID: 37775954 DOI: 10.1111/jan.15881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Revised: 07/16/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/01/2023]
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AIMS To investigate factors that influence the willingness of inactive nurses to return to nursing in a crisis situation and to identify aspects that need to be considered with regard to a possible deployment. DESIGN A deductive and inductive qualitative content analysis of semi-structured focus group interviews. METHODS Semi-structured focus group interviews with inactive or marginally employed nurses, nurses who have been inactive for some time and nursing home managers in October and November 2021. The participating inactive nurses had declared their willingness for a deployment during the COVID-19 pandemic or not. Data were analysed using qualitative content analysis. RESULTS Communication was seen as essential by the participants for an informed decision for or against a temporary return to nursing and to potential or actual deployments. To make them feel safe, inactive nurses need to know what to expect and what is expected of them, for example, regarding required training and responsibilities. Considering their current employment status, some flexibility in terms of deployment conditions is needed. A remaining attachment to care can trigger a sense of duty. Knowledge of (regular) working conditions in nursing can lead to both a desire to support former colleagues and a refusal to be exposed to these conditions again. CONCLUSION Past working experiences and the current employment situation play a major role in the willingness of inactive nurses to return to nursing in a crisis situation. Unbureaucratic arrangements must be provided for those who are willing to return. SUMMARY STATEMENT What already is known - In crisis situations, not every inactive nurse is willing or able to return to nursing and therefore, the 'silent reserve' may not be as large as suspected. What this paper adds - Inactive nurses need to know what to expect and what is expected of them for their decision regarding a return to active patient care during a crisis situation. Implications for practice/policy - Inactive nurses need to be informed and should be offered free training and refresher courses to ensure patient safety. IMPACT This research shows that the group of inactive nurses are not a silent workforce which can be activated anytime. Those who are able and willing to return to direct patient care in crisis situations need the best possible support - during and between crises. REPORTING METHOD This study adhered to COREQ guidelines. NO PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION The involvement of patients or members of the public did not apply for the study, as the aim was to gain insight into the motivations and attitudes of the group of inactive nurses.
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- Petra Lücker
- Department Epidemiology of Health Care and Community Health, Institute for Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department Methods of Community Medicine, Institute for Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department Epidemiology of Health Care and Community Health, Institute for Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department Epidemiology of Health Care and Community Health, Institute for Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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Ersan Yaman H, Basaran-Acil S, Duygulu S. The positioning of nursing in Turkish mass media: Before and after the COVID-19 outbreak. Int Nurs Rev 2023. [PMID: 37962071 DOI: 10.1111/inr.12909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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AIM To explore the way the nursing profession was portrayed in online news coverage before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. BACKGROUND The power of the media can be used as a tool to introduce nursing services to society, make nursing visible, and influence the public perception of nursing. INTRODUCTION Analyzing the image of nursing as portrayed in the news can be a guide for more effective management of the media as a tool for positioning nursing in the future and presenting the right message. METHODS A qualitative design was applied. Three online newspapers published in the Turkish language-the most widely read newspapers in Turkey-were analyzed. The sample for this research consisted of 505 news articles containing the keywords "nurse" and "nursing" published before and after the COVID-19 outbreak. The MAXQDA2022 software was used for data management. RESULTS The articles selected were themed as news reflecting the nursing profession negatively, positively, and neutrally. When the negative and positive themes were compared, the two most repeated subthemes included (1) working conditions and being unprofessionalism; (2) impact on health, social recognition, and neutral included only subtheme that happens to you as a citizen/individual. CONCLUSION Compared with the pre-COVID-19 period, there was an increase in news coverage reflecting portrayed nursing positively on the nursing profession in the post-COVID-19 period. Mass media, which are indispensable in social communication, can be used as an effective tool to improve the image of nursing in society. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING From nursing students to policymakers, all professionals must act in a planned and purposeful manner to present nursing professionals positively as leaders in public healthcare.
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- Hilal Ersan Yaman
- Nursing Services Administration Department, Hacettepe University Faculty of Nursing, Ankara, Turkey
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- Nursing Services Administration Department, Hacettepe University Faculty of Nursing, Ankara, Turkey
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- Nursing Services Administration Department, Hacettepe University Faculty of Nursing, Ankara, Turkey
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Sillero Sillero A, Gil Poisa M, Marques-Sule E, Ayuso Margañon R. Motivations and expectations of generation Z nursing students: A post-pandemic career choice qualitative analysis. J Prof Nurs 2023; 49:178-185. [PMID: 38042554 DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2023.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND The global nursing shortage is a growing concern so recruiting and retaining Generation Z (Gen Z) students is vital to the sustainability of the profession. PURPOSE To explore the perceptions and expectations of first-year nursing students regarding the nursing profession, its working conditions, and how these factors influenced their career choices. METHOD Descriptive qualitative research design, employing an interpretive research approach and content analysis conducted following Graneheim & Lundman's method. Our study involved 105 Generation Z nursing degree students enrolled in first year at the Mar Nursing School in Barcelona, Spain in 2021. Data collection included voluntary written narratives about their career choice and questionnaires of demographic information and their healthcare experiences. RESULTS It became evident that Generation Z students' perceptions and expectations of nursing don't align with the actual professional experience. This mismatch could lead to disillusionment and attrition among these students. CONCLUSIONS Several factors (economic, aspirational, perception of nursing during the COVID-19, or gender) influence new students' career choice. These factors shape their expectations and often do not match actual working conditions in nursing. Educational institutions must prepare students by transferring cross-cutting competencies to effectively meet these challenges and avoid potential dropout from the profession.
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- Amalia Sillero Sillero
- ESIMar (Mar Nursing School), Parc de Salut Mar, Universitat Pompeu Fabra affiliated, Barcelona, Spain; SDHEd (Social Determinants and Health Education Research Group), IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain.
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- ESIMar (Mar Nursing School), Parc de Salut Mar, Universitat Pompeu Fabra affiliated, Barcelona, Spain; SDHEd (Social Determinants and Health Education Research Group), IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain.
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- Physiotherapy in Motion, Multispeciality Research Group (PTin MOTION), Department of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia, Carrer de Gascó Oliag, 5, 46010, Valencia, Spain.
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- ESIMar (Mar Nursing School), Parc de Salut Mar, Universitat Pompeu Fabra affiliated, Barcelona, Spain; SDHEd (Social Determinants and Health Education Research Group), IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain.
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Rees H, Hallett N. Reducing the risk of suicide among healthcare staff. Nurs Stand 2023; 38:26-33. [PMID: 37779322 DOI: 10.7748/ns.2023.e12178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/16/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
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Reducing the number of deaths by suicide is an important area in public health. Several factors, including excessive workload demands and burnout, mean that healthcare staff such as nurses are at higher risk of death by suicide compared with people working in other occupations. This article explores the contributory factors involved in suicide among healthcare professionals and outlines some of the methods that nurses can use to enquire about suicide risk with their colleagues. It also details appropriate interventions that nurses can use to reduce the risk of suicide among their colleagues. The authors aim to increase nurses' understanding of their role in suicide prevention in the healthcare workforce.
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- Helen Rees
- Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, England
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Rubbi I, Lupo R, Lezzi A, Cremonini V, Carvello M, Caricato M, Conte L, Antonazzo M, Caldararo C, Botti S, Andretta V, Lattarulo P, Vitale E. The Social and Professional Image of the Nurse: Results of an Online Snowball Sampling Survey among the General Population in the Post-Pandemic Period. NURSING REPORTS 2023; 13:1291-1303. [PMID: 37755352 PMCID: PMC10536472 DOI: 10.3390/nursrep13030109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Revised: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023] Open
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Background. The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed people's lifestyles by imposing social, economic, and labor changes. Health professionals have been in the spotlight, occasionally even elevated to the status of "heroes", as they have been at the forefront of the health emergency. Media exposure has undoubtedly played a pivotal role in the evolution and perception of the public's image of nurses, especially within the Italian context. Currently, there is only one study conducted in Italy during the pandemic period. For this reason, we have opted to delve further into this subject during the post-pandemic period, with the ultimate goal of identifying this perceptual evolution. Methods. An online snowball sampling survey was conducted among the Italian population using social networks between August 2022 and January 2023. The survey utilized the Nursing Attitude Questionnaire (NAQ) to collect data. Results. The sample consisted of 564 individuals. Among the respondents, 63.8% (n = 360) were familiar with the nursing pathway, and the level of agreement regarding the training of nurses was 81.5% (n = 260). In terms of recognizing the professional role of nurses, variations emerged in certain domains of the NAQ. Specifically, professional values of nurses were more pronounced in northern and central Italy (M = 26.27). Moreover, stereotypes were more prevalent in the north (23.73 ± 3.538) and the center (23.13 ± 4.104) (p = 0.001). Conclusions. The sample acknowledged a unique competence inherent to nurses that cannot be replaced by other professionals. The study population perceives the nursing profession as pivotal within the IHS (Integrated Health System). However, the attractiveness of the profession remains exceedingly low. This study was not registered on a publicly available registry.
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- Ivan Rubbi
- School of Nursing, University of Bologna, AUSL Romagna, 40121 Bologna, Italy
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- ‘San Giuseppe da Copertino’ Hospital, ASL (Local Health Authority) Lecce, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- ANT Italia ONLUS Foundation (National Cancer Association), 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- School of Nursing, University of Bologna, AUSL Romagna, 40121 Bologna, Italy
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- Brisighella Community Hospital, Azienda USL della Romagna, 48013 Brisighella, Italy
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- “Istituto per i Servizi alla Persona per l’Europa” (I.S.P.E.R.S.A.), 73043 Copertino, Italy
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Physics and Environment, Department of Mathematics and Physics “E. De Giorgi”, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy
- Advanced Data Analysis in Medicine (ADAM), University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Azienda USL-IRCCS Reggio Emilia, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- UOC Programmazione e Controllo di Gestione AOU San Giovanni di Dio e RUGGI d’Aragona, 84131 Salerno, Italy
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- ASL (Local Health Authority) Taranto, 74121 Taranto, Italy
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- ASL (Local Health Authority) Bari, 70026 Modugno, Italy
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Bosek MSD, Laramee A, Hoffman S. Perceptions of providing nursing care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nursing 2023; 53:53-58. [PMID: 37471369 DOI: 10.1097/01.nurse.0000942820.18240.43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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PURPOSE To characterize the experience of providing nursing care amid the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS A qualitative, phenomenology method was used. Data were collected via a confidential electronic survey. RESULTS A total of 166 nurses completed the survey, of which 63 (37.9%) took care of a patient with COVID-19. Four themes (with subthemes) emerged from the survey data: It feels like a marathon that won't end; Take care of yourself or you cannot take care of anyone else effectively; I'm a nurse so I can take care of sick patients, however, it is harder to go to work now; and It is challenging not to be angry. CONCLUSION Nurses remain proud of their role as a nurse. However, the joy related to work faded as nurses fought against being angry with patients, visitors, and other clinicians who did not follow safety precautions, such as wearing masks, and social distancing. The perception of running a marathon illustrates the exhaustion nurses are experiencing.
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- Marcia Sue Dewolf Bosek
- Marcia Bosek is a nurse scientist at the University of Vermont Medical Center and an associate professor emerita in the University of Vermont, Department of Nursing. Ann Laramee is an NP in palliative medicine and cardiology, and Sarah Hoffman is a nursing director at the University of Vermont Medical Center
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Taylor EJ. Am I Really a Hero(ine)? J Christ Nurs 2023; 40:198. [PMID: 37271912 DOI: 10.1097/cnj.0000000000001077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023] Open
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- Elizabeth Johnston Taylor
- Elizabeth Johnston Taylor, PhD, RN, FAAN , is a professor at Loma Linda University School of Nursing. Her scholarship addresses the intersection of spirituality, religiosity, health, and nursing
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Al-Rawi A, Zemenchik K. Tiktoking COVID-19 with frontline workers. Digit Health 2023; 9:20552076231152766. [PMID: 36776404 PMCID: PMC9912553 DOI: 10.1177/20552076231152766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
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Introduction/Objective During the COVID-19 pandemic, frontline workers have taken to social media platforms to discuss a variety of issues that concern their personal and professional lives. In particular, TikTok's increased prominence as a social media channel has proved significant for enhancing the public presence of healthcare workers and their ability to disseminate content to a wider audience. The ways that healthcare workers use TikTok draws attention to the type of health information disseminated to the public through social media platforms. This provides the public with succinct and often visually entertaining information that may not be otherwise distributed to them directly from elsewhere. This study also provides relevant insights into how social media-TikTok in particular-can be used as a tool for disseminating knowledge about COVID-19 related topics and combatting misinformation by using the credibility of frontline workers. Methods This study collected a sample of over 2100 TikTok videos posted by healthcare workers that were coded according to the dominant overarching themes. Results The themes that arose from this sample were: (1) healthcare workers' mental health and working conditions, (2) healthcare heroes/appreciation, (3) criticism against official authorities, (4) countering misinformation, (5) humor/satire, and (6) educational content. Conclusion Due to the rise in public appreciation for frontline workers, examining the effects of the pandemic through the eyes of frontline workers has drawn attention to their lived realities in various forms. This study provided some insight into how frontline workers use TikTok to disseminate information and education to the public, often relying on their perceived credibility.
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- Ahmed Al-Rawi
- School of Communication, Faculty of Communication, Art and
Technology, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada,Ahmed Al-Rawi, School of Communication,
Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology, Simon Fraser University, 8888
University Drive, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6.
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- School for International Studies, Faculty of Communication, Art and
Technology, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada
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Stokes-Parish J, Barrett D, Elliott R, Massey D, Rolls K, Credland N. Fallen angels and forgotten heroes: A descriptive qualitative study exploring the impact of the angel and hero narrative on critical care nurses. Aust Crit Care 2023; 36:3-9. [PMID: 36470775 PMCID: PMC9716433 DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2022.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2022] [Revised: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND During the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of the labels 'heroes' and 'angels' to describe nurses (and especially critical care nurses) became prevalent. While often well intentioned, the use of these labels may not be the most positive image of nurses and the nursing profession. Critical care nurses have not previously been given the opportunity to provide their perceptions of the angel/hero narrative and the impact this may have on their practice and working environments. OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to explore the perspectives of critical care nurses and discover their perceptions about the angel/hero narrative and its impact on their clinical practice, safe working environments, and professional development during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS A semistructured qualitative virtual interview study was conducted with critical care nurses from the United Kingdom, Australia, and North America. Digital audio data were transcribed verbatim. Thematic analysis of the transcribed data was performed. The COREQ guidelines were used to report the study. FINDINGS Twenty-three critical care nurses located in the United Kingdom, Australia, and North America participated. Four themes were synthesised: history repeating, gender stereotypes, political pawns, and forgotten heroes. CONCLUSIONS Critical care nurses did not perceive the hero and angel labels positively. Participants were concerned about unrealistic expectations, potential safety workplace risks, and poor remuneration related to these narratives. Participants perceived that context and intention were important in the interpretation of these narratives; they spoke with pride about their work and called for improved representations of their role, recognition, and work conditions.
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- Jessica Stokes-Parish
- Faculty of Health Science and Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland 4229, Australia.
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX, United Kingdom.
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- Malcolm Fisher Department of Intensive Care, Royal North Shore Hospital and Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Research, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards NSW 2065 Australia; Faculty of Health, University of Technology, Ultimo NSW 2007 Australia.
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- Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University, Gold Coast Queensland 4225 Australia.
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- Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522 Australia.
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX, United Kingdom.
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Apaydin Cirik V, Bulut E, Kahriman İ. The emotional neglect potentials of nurses working in the COVID-19 service towards their children: A qualitative study. J Pediatr Nurs 2022; 67:e224-e233. [PMID: 35879194 PMCID: PMC9718933 DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2022.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Revised: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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PURPOSE This study aims to examine in depth the potential child emotional neglect behaviors of nurses working in the COVID-19 service, and their feelings, thoughts, and experiences regarding the causes and effects on their children. DESIGN AND METHODS The study was designed as a qualitative study based on a descriptive phenomenological approach. A purposeful sample of service providers (N = 22) in the COVID-19 clinics of the region's largest hospital in northeast Turkey in terms of education and patient care were recruited for the study. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews using the individual in-depth face-to-face interview method. The interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed with Braun and Clarke's thematic analysis method. The research was reported by following Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research-COREQ. RESULTS The findings enabled the identification of four unique themes expressed by the participants: parent-child interaction, social impact, physiological impact, and psychological impact. The first theme consists of adversely affected time nurses spent with their children, decreased physical contact, and communication problems; the second theme includes nurses' and their children's social isolation and social stigma; the third theme includes a change in eating habits and daily activities; the fourth theme includes fear of losing parents and emotional change. CONCLUSIONS AND PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS To prevent the increased emotional neglect potential due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is necessary to regulate the working conditions of parents who are nursing professionals and support the parent/child emotionally and psychologically.
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- Vildan Apaydin Cirik
- Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Midwifery, Child Health and Disease Nursing, Karaman, Turkey.
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- Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Child Health and Disease Nursing Department, Trabzon, Turkey
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- Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Child Health and Disease Nursing Department, Trabzon, Turkey
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Fantus S, Cole R, Hawkins L. "The hierarchy is your constraint:" a qualitative investigation of social workers' moral distress across a U.S. health system. SOCIAL WORK IN HEALTH CARE 2022; 61:387-411. [PMID: 36189981 DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2022.2128156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Revised: 09/08/2022] [Accepted: 09/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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This paper reports findings from a qualitative study on the triggers of hospital social workers' moral distress at a large southern U.S. health system. Moral distress occurs when ethical conflict cannot be resolved in a way that aligns with an individual's personal and professional values and ethics. Participants indicated that moral distress derives from both individual interactions and the culture and climate of health systems. For example, participants expressed how sources of moral distress derived from client-centered decisions, such as end-of-life care and patient autonomy; interpersonal dynamics, including team or supervisory conflict; structural issues, such as insurance barriers or internal hospital policies; and organizational values, such as perceptions of institutional support and validation. Implications of this research suggest that health systems need to foster positive ethical environments that nurture clinicians' health and mental health through programs that aim to increase moral resilience, promote empowerment, and foster wellness.
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- Sophia Fantus
- School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA
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- School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA
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- School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA
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Nichter M. From idioms of distress, concern, and care to moral distress leading to moral injury in the time of Covid. Transcult Psychiatry 2022; 59:551-567. [PMID: 35938212 DOI: 10.1177/13634615221115540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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In this invited commentary on the thematic issue of Transcultural Psychiatry on idioms of distress, concern, and care, I provide a brief overview of how my research agenda evolved over the years while conducting community and clinic-based research in South and Southeast Asia as well as North America. I then suggest areas where future research on idioms of distress, concern, care, and resilience will be needed among different demographics given social change and shifts in how we communicate face to face and in virtual reality, the impact of medicalization, pharmaceuticalization and bracket creep, changes in indigenous healing systems, and hybridization. I further call attention to the importance of conducting idioms guided research in occupational settings. Toward this end I highlight the moral distress health care workers in the U.S. have experienced during the Covid-19 pandemic and point out the importance of differentiating individual burnout from moral injury related to structural distress. I conclude by discussing the general utility of an idioms of distress perspective in the practice of cultural psychiatry and suggest that this perspective needs to be included in the training of all practitioners regardless of the system of medicine they practice. Doing so may enable the formation of mental health communities of practice in contexts where there are pluralistic health care arenas.
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- Mark Nichter
- School of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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Teoh KRH, Kinman G, Harriss A, Robus C. Recommendations to support the mental wellbeing of nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom: A Delphi study. J Adv Nurs 2022; 78:3048-3060. [PMID: 35832013 DOI: 10.1111/jan.15359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Revised: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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AIM To use the Delphi technique to identify and prioritize recommendations for research and practice to improve the mental wellbeing of nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom (UK). BACKGROUND Although there is evidence that self-reported mental wellbeing among nurses and midwives in the UK is poor, interventions have not adequately considered the wider context in which they work. The wide range of individual, organizational, occupational and wider sector-level factors that can influence wellbeing requires the involvement of different stakeholders to identify the most pressing actions required. DESIGN A three-round Delphi technique was conducted in 2019. METHODS In the first round, 16 subject matter experts generated, reviewed and discussed recommendations from a review of the research evidence with potential to support the mental wellbeing of nurses. A second group with 23 stakeholder representatives then rated and provided feedback on the developed recommendations through two additional rounds. Recommendations that received an 'essential' or 'important' rating from at least 80% of participants were retained and prioritized. RESULTS In total, 45 recommendations met the consensus agreement and were retained. More than half (57%) involved action at the organizational level, 27% to public policy and 13% to research. Only one recommendation is related to the individual. Collectively, these recommendations highlight the importance of taking direct action to tackle poor mental wellbeing among the workforce and initiating change at the policy and organizational level. CONCLUSION Our findings emphasize the need to take a systemic approach to improving the mental health of nurses and midwives in the UK with input from different stakeholders. There is a clear consensus that action is needed at the organization and policy levels, rather than at the individual level as is current practice. IMPACT This study provides a framework, alongside a set of practical recommendations, that provides a starting point for different stakeholders to understand, address and support the mental wellbeing of nurses and midwives. Although UK-focused, it has relevance to healthcare workforces internationally.
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- Kevin Rui-Han Teoh
- Department of Organizational Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Organizational Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK
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- Society of Occupational Medicine, London, UK.,Royal College of Nursing, London, UK
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Feng R, Feng Y, Ivanov A. Social Media as Online Shelter: Psychological Relief in COVID-19 Pandemic Diaries. Front Psychol 2022; 13:882264. [PMID: 35712174 PMCID: PMC9197459 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.882264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The pandemic diary on social media is a special form of online communication. Studying individual narratives in social networks during the pandemic and post-pandemic periods can help us generate valuable knowledge about the behaviors of media users and the function of social media in a public health crisis. This research focuses on psychological relief in virtual public spaces and explores how social media individual narratives affect people's psychological health in a state of emergency from the perspective of narrative theory. Based on 19 in-depth interviews with Chinese diary writers, it has been found that the narrative genres of the pandemic diary were mainly Restitution and Quest narrative, while a few were categorized as "Restrained chaos" narrative. The purpose of editing pandemic diaries is to communicate both inwardly and outwardly. The pandemic diary can promote self-relief, public communication, emotional drive, meaning connection, and identity construction in public spaces, thus helping shape a sense of unity and belonging, and facilitating the psychological reconstruction of people who are vulnerable to potential mental health crises.
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- Ran Feng
- School of Media and Communication, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Media and Communication, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Media and Communication, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Mejdahl CT, Nielsen BK, Mehlsen MY, Hollesen MR, Pedersen MZ, Engkjær‐Trautwein G, Funch LV, Terkildsen MD. COVID-19 as moral breakdown: Entangled ethical demands experienced by hospital-based nurses in the early onset of the pandemic. Nurs Inq 2022; 30:e12508. [PMID: 35709227 PMCID: PMC9349400 DOI: 10.1111/nin.12508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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2020 saw the rapid onset of a global pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. For healthcare systems worldwide, the pandemic called upon quick organization ensuring treatment and containment measures for the new virus disease. Nurses were seen as constituting a vital instrumental professional component in this study. Due to the pandemic's unpredictable and potentially dangerous nature, nurses have faced unprecedented risks and challenges. Based on interviews and free text comment from a survey, this study explores how ethical challenges related to "being a nurse" during the COVID-19 pandemic was experienced and understood by Danish hospital-based nurses. Departing from anthropologist Jarett Zigon's notion of moral breakdown, the study demonstrates how the rapid onset of the pandemic constitutes a moral breakdown raising ethical demands for nurses. Analytically we identify three different ethical demands experienced by the nurses. These ethical demands are Nursing and societal ethical demands, Nursing and personal ethical demands, and Nursing and conflicting ethical demands. These demands represent not only very different understandings of ethical demands but also different understandings of ethical acts that are seen as necessary to respond to these demands.
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- Department of Psychology and Behavioural SciencesAarhus UniversityAarhusDenmark
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- Department of Psychology and Behavioural SciencesAarhus UniversityAarhusDenmark
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- DEFACTUM—Public Health & Health Services ResearchAarhusDenmark,Department of Forensic PsychiatryAarhus University Hospital PsychiatryAarhusDenmark
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Polinard EL, Ricks TN, Duke ES, Lewis KA. Pandemic perspectives from the frontline-The nursing stories. J Adv Nurs 2022; 78:3290-3303. [PMID: 35621345 PMCID: PMC9347736 DOI: 10.1111/jan.15306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2021] [Revised: 02/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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AIM To describe the experiences of registered nurses working in a US healthcare system during the COVID-19 pandemic. DESIGN This qualitative thematic analysis study is a secondary analysis of stories submitted by nurses to a repository established by the parent study. METHODS Registered nurses working in various roles in a healthcare system submitted stories (N = 45) to open-ended prompts via an online repository between June 2020 and February 2021. A team of three nurse scientists coded the stories using Dedoose software. Initial codes were then reviewed by the team to synthesize initial coding into themes. The COREQ checklist was used to ensure research reporting guidelines were met. RESULTS Thematic analysis revealed three themes in a global theme of COVID-19 pandemic-related personal and professional evolution: (1) The art and science of pandemic nursing, (2) Persisting despite challenges; and (3) Learning as we went. Each of the three organizing themes were supported by basic themes. CONCLUSIONS Identified themes affirm some of nursing's long-standing core values, such as the central role of human connectedness in restoring health, but findings also reflect new evolutionary processes of moral identity formation that occurred among nurses and the nursing profession during the COVID-19 pandemic. IMPACT Findings from this study describe the processes by which nurses' moral identity evolved during a segment of the COVID-19 pandemic. Collectively, these evolutions represent important shifts in the nursing profession. Using findings from this study, nurse educators, nurse managers and healthcare administrators will be able to implement effective, sustainable policies and processes that meet the needs of both the community and the workforce. NO PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION This study was designed to capture the experiences of nurses employed by one healthcare organization. However, it was not conducted using input or suggestions from the public or the patient population served by the organization.
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- University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.,The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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Nilsson U, Odom-Forren J, Ring M, van Kooten H, Brady JM. Stress of conscience of COVID-19 among perianaesthesia nurses having worked in a COVID-ICU during the coronavirus pandemic: an international perspective. BMC Nurs 2022; 21:82. [PMID: 35392899 PMCID: PMC8986967 DOI: 10.1186/s12912-022-00862-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background Several studies have reported that working in a COVID-ICU impacted nurses’ mental well-being. Yet little is known about how perianaesthesia nurses who have been working in a COVID-ICU perceived their stress of conscience. The aim of this study was to: (1) describe and compare stress related to troubled conscience among perianaesthesia nurses in three countries who have been working in a COVID-ICU during the pandemic, (2) compare their levels of troubled conscience between working in a COVID-ICU and their usual workplace, and (3) compare nurses that usually work in an ICU department with nurses who usually work outside of the ICU. Methods A descriptive, international cross‐sectional online survey including the Stress of Conscience Questionnaire (SCQ) was distributed between organizational member countries of the International Collaboration of PeriAnaesthesia Nurses. Results A total of 246 nurses from three countries participated. Significant differences were found in stress of conscience when working in the Covid-ICU between Sweden 31.8 (8.6), Denmark 23.1 (8.6), and Netherlands 16.4 (6.5) p < 0.001. Significant differences were also found between nurses working in a COVID-ICU in contrast with their usual workplace: 23.1(5.6) versus 17.7(5.3), p < 0.001. The most stressful aspect of conscience reported was that work in the COVID-ICU was so demanding, nurses did not have sufficient energy to be involved with their family as much as they desired. No statistical differences were found between nurses that usually work in an ICU department with nurses who usually work outside of the ICU. Conclusion The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted stress of conscience among nurses working in the COVID-ICU. Swedish nurses were found to be more significantly impacted. This could be related to low numbers of existing ICU beds and ICU nurses prior to the pandemic necessitating a longer time required for working in a COVID-ICU. Stress of conscience also increased when working in the Covid-ICU compared to working in the usual workplace, and the most stressing aspect reported was that COVID-ICU work was so demanding that nurses did not have the energy to devote themselves to their family as they would have liked.
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- Ulrica Nilsson
- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences, and Society, Karolinska Institute, and Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- College of Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Clinic of Anaesthesiology, Aalborg University Hospital, North Denmark Region, Aalborg, Denmark
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- International Collaboration of PeriAnaesthesia Nurses, Alexandria, USA
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Chemali S, Mari-Sáez A, El Bcheraoui C, Weishaar H. Health care workers' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review. HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH 2022; 20:27. [PMID: 35331261 PMCID: PMC8943506 DOI: 10.1186/s12960-022-00724-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND COVID-19 has challenged health systems worldwide, especially the health workforce, a pillar crucial for health systems resilience. Therefore, strengthening health system resilience can be informed by analyzing health care workers' (HCWs) experiences and needs during pandemics. This review synthesizes qualitative studies published during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic to identify factors affecting HCWs' experiences and their support needs during the pandemic. This review was conducted using the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology for scoping reviews. A systematic search on PubMed was applied using controlled vocabularies. Only original studies presenting primary qualitative data were included. RESULTS 161 papers that were published from the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic up until 28th March 2021 were included in the review. Findings were presented using the socio-ecological model as an analytical framework. At the individual level, the impact of the pandemic manifested on HCWs' well-being, daily routine, professional and personal identity. At the interpersonal level, HCWs' personal and professional relationships were identified as crucial. At the institutional level, decision-making processes, organizational aspects and availability of support emerged as important factors affecting HCWs' experiences. At community level, community morale, norms, and public knowledge were of importance. Finally, at policy level, governmental support and response measures shaped HCWs' experiences. The review identified a lack of studies which investigate other HCWs than doctors and nurses, HCWs in non-hospital settings, and HCWs in low- and lower middle income countries. DISCUSSION This review shows that the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged HCWs, with multiple contextual factors impacting their experiences and needs. To better understand HCWs' experiences, comparative investigations are needed which analyze differences across as well as within countries, including differences at institutional, community, interpersonal and individual levels. Similarly, interventions aimed at supporting HCWs prior to, during and after pandemics need to consider HCWs' circumstances. CONCLUSIONS Following a context-sensitive approach to empowering HCWs that accounts for the multitude of aspects which influence their experiences could contribute to building a sustainable health workforce and strengthening health systems for future pandemics.
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- Souaad Chemali
- Centre for International Health Protection, Robert Koch Institute, Nordufer 20, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Centre for International Health Protection, Robert Koch Institute, Nordufer 20, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Evidence-Based Public Health, Centre for International Health Protection, Robert Koch Institute, Nordufer 20, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Evidence-Based Public Health, Centre for International Health Protection, Robert Koch Institute, Nordufer 20, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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Moore DJ, Dawkins D, Hampton MD, McNiesh S. Experiences of critical care nurses during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nurs Ethics 2022; 29:540-551. [PMID: 35135393 DOI: 10.1177/09697330211043273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Critical care nurses have risked their lives and in some cases their families through hazardous duty during the COVID-19 pandemic and have faced multiple ethical challenges. RESEARCH/AIM The purpose of our study was to examine how critical care nurses coped with the sustained multi-faceted pressures of the critical care environment during the unchartered waters of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was anticipated that our study might reveal numerous ethical challenges and decision points. RESEARCH DESIGN A qualitative descriptive study, utilizing an interpretivist paradigm. PARTICIPANTS AND RESEARCH SETTING Critical care nurses, working in either intensive care units or emergency departments (N = 11) who were primarily from Northern California hospitals. Individual in-depth ZOOM® session interviews, guided by semi-structured questions, were used to collect data. Interviews lasted between 18 and 59 min, with an average length of 33 min. Session interviews were transcribed and analyzed. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS This study was approved by the researchers' university Institutional Review Board. FINDINGS Five main themes emerged: Fear of the Unknown, Adapting to Practice Changes and Challenges, Patient Advocacy and Moral Distress, Isolation and the Depersonalization of Care, and Professionalism and a Call to Duty. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION Fear of becoming ill or bringing COVID-19 home to their families was a constant source of anxiety for nurses. There were numerous changes in policy and challenges to standard practice protocols, including most notably shortages in personal protective equipment, which nurses navigated resourcefully. Most nurses interviewed were motivated by a sense of professional duty. The nurses experienced some moral distress in their inability to advocate as they might like for their patients, especially at end of life. Infection control requirements for isolation.
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- Leon L Chen
- Critical Care Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
- New York University, Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York, New York
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Jun J. The Perfect Storm: Organizational Dissonance and the Global Pandemic. Workplace Health Saf 2021; 69:585. [PMID: 34894910 DOI: 10.1177/21650799211055859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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An incongruity between what is said and done can be harmful. Cultivating consonance is a place to bring organizations and nurses together.
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O'Leary L, Erikainen S, Peltonen LM, Ahmed W, Thelwall M, O'Connor S. Exploring nurses' online perspectives and social networks during a global pandemic COVID-19. Public Health Nurs 2021; 39:586-600. [PMID: 34687078 PMCID: PMC8661865 DOI: 10.1111/phn.12994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2021] [Revised: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Objectives Examine the online interactions, social networks, and perspectives of nursing actors on COVID‐19 from conversations on Twitter to understand how the profession responded to this global pandemic. Design Mixed methods. Sample Ten‐thousand five‐hundred and seventy‐four tweets by 2790 individuals and organizations. Measurements NodeXL software was used for social network analysis to produce a network visualization. The betweenness centrality algorithm identified key users who were influential in COVID‐19 related conversations on Twitter. Inductive content analysis enabled exploration of tweet content. A communicative figurations framework guided the study. Results Nursing actors formed different social groupings, and communicated with one another across groups. Tweets covered four themes; (1) outbreak and clinical management of the infectious disease, (2) education and information sharing, (3) social, economic, and political context, and (4) working together and supporting each other. Conclusion In addition to spreading knowledge, nurses tried to reach out through social media to political and healthcare leaders to advocate for improvements needed to address COVID‐19. However, they primarily conversed within their own professional community. Action is needed to better understand how social media is and can be used by nurses for health communication, and to improve their preparedness to be influential on social media beyond the nursing community.
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- Lisa O'Leary
- School of Health and Social Care, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society, Usher Institute, The Edinburgh of University, Edinburgh, UK
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- Business School, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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Adnani QES, O'Connell MA, Homer CSE. Advocating for midwives in low-to-middle income countries in the COVID-19 pandemic. Women Birth 2021; 34:501-502. [PMID: 34429269 PMCID: PMC8372516 DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2021.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- School of Health Sciences, College of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
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Tabudlo JB, Garma PFU. Nurses are not heroes. BRITISH JOURNAL OF NURSING (MARK ALLEN PUBLISHING) 2021; 30:838. [PMID: 34288739 DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2021.30.14.838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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- Jerick B Tabudlo
- PhD in Nursing Student, College of Nursing, University of the Philippines, Manila
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- Professorial Lecturer, Institute of Nursing, Far Eastern University, Manila, Philippines
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Roberts NJ, Kelly CA, Lippiett KA, Ray E, Welch L. Experiences of nurses caring for respiratory patients during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: an online survey study. BMJ Open Respir Res 2021; 8:e000987. [PMID: 34312256 PMCID: PMC8313305 DOI: 10.1136/bmjresp-2021-000987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 06/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Nurses have been at the forefront of the pandemic response, involved in extensive coordination of services, screening, vaccination and front-line work in respiratory, emergency and intensive care environments. The nature of this work is often intense and stress-provoking with an inevitable psychological impact on nurses and all healthcare workers. This study focused on nurses working in respiratory areas with the aim of identifying and characterising the self-reported issues that exacerbated or alleviated their concerns during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS An online survey was developed consisting of 90 questions using a mixture of open-ended and closed questions. Participant demographic data were also collected (age, gender, ethnicity, number of years qualified, details of long-term health conditions, geographical location, nursing background/role and home life). The online survey was disseminated via social media and professional respiratory societies (British Thoracic Society, Primary Care Respiratory Society, Association of Respiratory Nurse Specialists) over a 3-week period in May 2020 and the survey closed on 1 June 2020. RESULTS The study highlights the experiences of nurses caring for respiratory patients during the first wave of the pandemic in early 2020. Concerns were expressed over the working environment, the supply and availability of adequate protective personal equipment, the quality of care individuals were able to deliver, and the impact on mental health to nurses and their families. A high number provided free-text comments around their worries and concerns about the impact on their household; these included bringing the virus home, the effect on family members worrying about them, mental health and the impact of changing working patterns, and managing with children. Although both formal and informal support were available, there were inconsistencies in provision, highlighting the importance of nursing leadership and management in ensuring equity of access to services. CONCLUSIONS Support for staff is essential both throughout the pandemic and afterwards, and it is important that preparation of individuals regarding building resilience is recognised. It is also clear that psychological support and services for nurses and the wider healthcare team need to be available and quickly convened in the event of similar major incidents, either global or local.
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- Nicola J Roberts
- School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK
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- Respiratory Research Centre, Edge Hill University Faculty of Health and Social Care, Ormskirk, UK
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- Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Sovereign Health Network, Fareham, UK
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- Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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