1
|
Al Mutair A, Woodman A, Al Hassawi AI, Ambani Z, Al Bazroun MI, Alahmed FS, Defensor MA, Saha C, Aljarameez F. Healthcare providers as patients: COVID-19 experience. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0289131. [PMID: 37616281 PMCID: PMC10449114 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
Abstract
There is compelling evidence for the psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and earlier epidemics. However, fewer studies have examined the subjective meaning experience of healthcare providers who have survived COVID-19 as patients. This qualitative study aimed to understand further and describe the life experiences of healthcare providers who have survived COVID-19 as patients in Saudi Arabia. Data was collected using unstructured in-depth individual interviews among n = 10 healthcare providers from public hospitals in Saudi Arabia. Data were analyzed based on a phenomenological approach, which resulted in five themes: (i) physical and psychological signs and symptoms; (ii) self-healing, hiding pain, and family; (iii) fear of complications; (iv) disease stigma & long-term psychological outcomes; (v) emotional support, mental well-being & resignation. The overall synthesis showed that healthcare providers, as patients, experience the same difficulties and stressors as the general public. In some cases, these factors are even worse, as family members, colleagues, and employers develop a new type of stigma. Given the impact of social media and the flow of information of any type, more research is needed to examine the sources used to obtain information by the general public, whether these sources are reliable, and how the public can be taught to use only scientific data and not social data. Understanding the experience of healthcare providers as patients during the pandemic has allowed to look at the feelings and needs of people during illness from a new perspective. As expressed by participants, being a healthcare provider does not reduce the fear of the disease and does not mitigate its consequences in the form of stigmatization and isolation.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Abbas Al Mutair
- Research Center, Almoosa Specialist Hospital, Al-ahsa, Saudi Arabia
- School of Nursing, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
- Almoosa College of Health Sciences, Al-ahsa, Saudi Arabia
- Nursing Department, Prince Sultan Military College, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Princess Nourah Bent Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
| | - Alexander Woodman
- School of Health Sciences, University of Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom
| | | | - Zainab Ambani
- Nursing Department, Qatif Central Hospital, Qatif, Saudi Arabia
| | | | | | | | - Chandni Saha
- Research Center, Almoosa Specialist Hospital, Al-ahsa, Saudi Arabia
| | - Faiza Aljarameez
- King Saud bin Abdulaziz for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Ministry of the National Guard Health Affairs, Al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia
| |
Collapse
|
2
|
Kissel KA, Filipek C, Folz E, Jenkins J. The Impact of a 3-Tiered Model of Nursing Redeployment During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study. Intensive Crit Care Nurs 2023; 77:103431. [PMID: 37060812 PMCID: PMC10027952 DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2023.103431] [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: 11/23/2022] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 03/24/2023]
Abstract
Objective The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in extreme system pressures, requiring redeployment of nurses to intensive care units (ICUs). We aimed to assess the impacts of a 3-tiered pandemic surge model on nurses working in ICUs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methodology In this cross-sectional study, 931 nurses (464 ICU and 467 redeployed nurses) who worked within 4 adult ICUs in Western Canada during pandemic surge(s) were invited via email to participate in a survey. The survey explored the impact of redeployment, rapid ICU orientations, just-in-time training, and the 3-tiered model of nursing during pandemic surge. Burnout was measured utilizing the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory questionnaire. Results A total of 191 survey responses were retained (59 ICU nurses and 132 redeployed). Survey results are reported by tier, with outcomes varying based on team leadership, ICU, and redeployment nursing roles. Burnout in personal and workplace domains was present amongst all nursing tiers, while only team leadership roles experienced burnout in the patient domain. Overall, team leadership roles and permanent ICU nurses experienced the highest rates of burnout. Redeployed nurses reported numerous aids to success including support from colleagues, prior experience, and educational supports. Skill-based orientation, ongoing education, optimized scheduling, role clarity, and mitigators of psychological impacts were identified by respondents as potential facilitators of redeployment and surge models. Conclusion Nurses working within this tiered model experienced high degrees of burnout, with highest prevalence amongst team leads and ICU nurses. Optimization of support for and interventions aimed at improving well-being are important considerations going forward.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Katherine A Kissel
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Alberta Health Services, Alberta, Canada. https://twitter.com/@kissel_katie
| | - Christine Filipek
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Alberta Health Services, Alberta, Canada.
| | - Emma Folz
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Alberta Health Services, Alberta, Canada. https://twitter.com/@emma_folz
| | - Jessica Jenkins
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Alberta Health Services, Alberta, Canada; Clinical Associate, Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. https://twitter.com/@jessjenkinsNP
| |
Collapse
|
3
|
Amaral N, Merkley J, Ronald K, Farquharson C, Ginty L, Heng D, Jeffs L. Focusing on fundamentals of care in an ICU setting during a pandemic. J Adv Nurs 2023; 79:970-979. [PMID: 35765250 DOI: 10.1111/jan.15333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2021] [Revised: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
AIMS This manuscript aims to describe one acute care hospital's ICU journey during the COVID-19 pandemic and how fundamental care was central to the implementation of team-based models of care. BACKGROUND Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, team-based and alternative models of care are being employed to manage and address global shortages and surge capacity. Employing these alternate models of care required attention to ensure fundamental care needs of patients were being met. DESIGN/METHOD The following paper describes an ICU's journey of focusing on the delivery of the fundamentals of care through the implementation of team-based models of care to address the surge in patient care demands experienced in response to our global pandemic. CONCLUSIONS The implementation of an evidence-informed approach to optimizing models of care and staffing in the ICU amid the evolving COVID-19 waves in one acute-care hospital is provided. This local approach focused on meeting patients' fundamental care needs throughout the necessary introduction of team-based care models and staffing changes and drew from evolving evidence, the ILC Fundamentals of Care Framework, and regulatory guidance.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
| | | | | | | | | | | | - Lianne Jeffs
- Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, Sinai Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| |
Collapse
|
4
|
Safavi KC, Copenhaver MS, Moore A, Bravard MA, Britton O, Dunn P. Impact of a hospital policy to redistribute admission flow across clinical services for capacity relief during COVID-19 surges. J Hosp Med 2023. [PMID: 36788630 DOI: 10.1002/jhm.13058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Revised: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 01/08/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Increased hospital admissions due to COVID-19 place a disproportionate strain on inpatient general medicine service (GMS) capacity compared to other services. OBJECTIVE To study the impact on capacity and safety of a hospital-wide policy to redistribute admissions from GMS to non-GMS based on admitting diagnosis during surge periods. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Retrospective case-controlled study at a large teaching hospital. The intervention included adult patients admitted to general care wards during two surge periods (January-February 2021 and 2022) whose admission diagnosis was impacted by the policy. The control cohort included admissions during a matched number of days preceding the intervention. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Capacity measures included average daily admissions and hospital census occupied on GMS. Safety measures included length of stay (LOS) and adverse outcomes (death, rapid response, floor-to-intensive care unit transfer, and 30-day readmission). RESULTS In the control cohort, there were 365 encounters with 299 (81.9%) GMS admissions and 66 (18.1%) non-GMS versus the intervention with 384 encounters, including 94 (24.5%) GMS admissions and 290 (75.5%) non-GMS (p < .001). The average GMS census decreased from 17.9 and 21.5 during control periods to 5.5 and 8.5 during intervention periods. An interrupted time series analysis confirmed a decrease in GMS daily admissions (p < .001) and average daily hospital census (p = .014; p < .001). There were no significant differences in LOS (5.9 vs. 5.9 days, p = .059) or adverse outcomes (53, 14.5% vs. 63, 16.4%; p = .482). CONCLUSION Admission redistribution based on diagnosis is a safe lever to reduce capacity strain on GMS during COVID-19 surges.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Kyan C Safavi
- Healthcare Systems Engineering, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
| | - Martin S Copenhaver
- Healthcare Systems Engineering, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
| | - Amber Moore
- Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
| | - Marjory A Bravard
- Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
| | - O'Neil Britton
- Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
| | - Peter Dunn
- Healthcare Systems Engineering, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
| |
Collapse
|
5
|
Topple M, Jaspers R, Watterson J, McClure J, Rosenow M, Pollock W, Pilcher D. Nursing workforce deployment and intensive care unit strain during the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria, Australia. Aust Crit Care 2023; 36:84-91. [PMID: 36572575 PMCID: PMC9742212 DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2022.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2022] [Revised: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic demanded intensive care units (ICUs) globally to expand to meet increasing patient numbers requiring critical care. Critical care nurses were a finite resource in this challenge to meet growing patient numbers, necessitating redeployment of nursing staff to work in ICUs. OBJECTIVE Our aim was to describe the extent and manner by which the increased demand for ICU care during the COVID-19 pandemic was met by ICU nursing workforce expansion in the late 2021 and early 2022 in Victoria, Australia. METHODS This is a retrospective cohort study of Victorian ICUs who contributed nursing data to the Critical Health Information System from 1 December 2021 to 11 April 2022. Bedside nursing workforce data, in categories as defined by Safer Care Victoria's pandemic response guidelines, were analysed. The primary outcome was 'insufficient ICU skill mix'-whenever a site had more patients needing 1:1 critical care nursing care than the mean daily number of experienced critical care nursing staff. RESULTS Overall, data from 24 of the 47 Victorian ICUs were eligible for analysis. Insufficient ICU skill mix occurred on 10.3% (280/2725) days at 66.7% (16/24) of ICUs, most commonly during the peak phase from December to mid-February. The insufficient ICU skill mix was more likely to occur when there were more additional ICU beds open over the 'business-as-usual' number. Counterfactual analysis suggested that had there been no redeployment of staff to the ICU, reduced nursing ratios, with inability to provide 1:1 care, would have occurred on 15.2% (415/2725) days at 91.7% (22/24) ICUs. CONCLUSION The redeployment of nurses into the ICU was necessary. However, despite this, at times, some ICUs had insufficient staff to cope with the number and acuity of patients. Further research is needed to examine the impact of ICU nursing models of care on patient outcomes and on nurse outcomes.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Michelle Topple
- Department of Intensive Care, Austin Health, 145 Studley Rd, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,Corresponding author
| | - Rose Jaspers
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Wellington Rd, Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| | - Jason Watterson
- Department of Intensive Care, Peninsula Health, 2 Hastings Rd, Frankston, Victoria, Australia,School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, 553 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| | - Jason McClure
- Adult Retrieval Victoria, 61-75 Brady St, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,Department of Intensive Care, Alfred Hospital, 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, 553 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| | - Melissa Rosenow
- Adult Retrieval Victoria, 61-75 Brady St, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| | - Wendy Pollock
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Wellington Rd, Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| | - David Pilcher
- Department of Intensive Care, Alfred Hospital, 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, 553 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Centre for Outcome and Resource Evaluation, 1/277 Camberwell Rd, Camberwell, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| |
Collapse
|
6
|
Tursunbayeva A, Di Lauro S. Strengthening the ICUs' human resource-related responses to Covid-19: A rapid review of the experience during the first year of public health emergency. Int J Health Plann Manage 2022; 38:22-39. [PMID: 36164939 PMCID: PMC9538981 DOI: 10.1002/hpm.3569] [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: 06/12/2021] [Revised: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
By drawing on macro-categories of key human resource (HR) management interventions recommended by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) during the Covid-19 pandemic, this study aimed to explore whether and how Intensive Care Units (ICU) have strengthened their HRs during the first year of Covid-19 emergency. A rapid review was conducted to provide a quick synthesis of the literature in English identified in the Web of Science Core Collection (WoS), PubMed, and Scopus databases. A total of 68 articles qualified for the final analysis. The findings illustrated that health organisations were often guided by staffing ratios to estimate capacity to care, aimed to modify the scope of practice of providers, redeployed both internal and external staff to ICUs, created and adapted the Covid-19-specific staffing models, and implemented technological innovations to provide services to the unprecedented number of patients while protecting the physical and mental health of their staff. The insights of this research should be helpful for health leaders, HR Managers, and policymakers who have faced unprecedented challenges and tough decisions during this emergency. The findings could also inform beyond-Covid-19 ICU policies and guide future research.
Collapse
|
7
|
Efendi F, Aurizki GE, Auwalin I, McKenna L. The Need for Speed: A Qualitative Study on Nurse Recruitment and Management Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia. J Multidiscip Healthc 2022; 15:1809-1817. [PMID: 36060420 PMCID: PMC9431772 DOI: 10.2147/jmdh.s370758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Ferry Efendi
- Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
- Community, Family and Gerontological Nursing Research Group, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
- Correspondence: Ferry Efendi, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Airlangga, Campus C Mulyorejo, Surabaya, East Java, 60115, Indonesia, Tel +62 31 591 3754, Email
| | - Gading Ekapuja Aurizki
- Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
- Community, Family and Gerontological Nursing Research Group, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
| | - Ilmiawan Auwalin
- Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
| | - Lisa McKenna
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| |
Collapse
|
8
|
Gibney RN, Blackman C, Gauthier M, Fan E, Fowler R, Johnston C, Jeremy Katulka R, Marcushamer S, Menon K, Miller T, Paunovic B, Tanguay T. COVID-19 pandemic: the impact on Canada’s intensive care units. Facets (Ott) 2022. [DOI: 10.1139/facets-2022-0023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the precarious demand-capacity balance in Canadian hospitals, including critical care where there is an urgent need for trained health care professionals to dramatically increase ICU capacity. The impact of the pandemic on ICUs varied significantly across the country with provinces that implemented public health measures later and relaxed them sooner being impacted more severely. Pediatric ICUs routinely admitted adult patients. Non-ICU areas were converted to ICUs and staff were redeployed from other essential service areas. Faced with a lack of critical care capacity, triage plans for ICU admission were developed and nearly implemented in some provinces. Twenty eight percent of patients in Canadian ICUs who required mechanical ventilation died. Surviving patients have required prolonged ICU admission, hospitalization and extensive ongoing rehabilitation. Family members of patients were not permitted to visit, resulting in additional psychological stresses to patients, families, and healthcare teams. ICU professionals also experienced extreme psychological stresses from caring for such large numbers of critically ill patients, often in sub-standard conditions. This resulted in large numbers of health workers leaving their professions. This pandemic is not yet over, and it is likely that new pandemics will follow. A review and recommendations for the future are provided.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- R.T. Noel Gibney
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada
| | - Cynthia Blackman
- Dr. Cynthia Blackman and Associates, Edmonton, AB M5R 3R8, Canada
| | - Melanie Gauthier
- Faculty of Nursing, McGill University, Montréal, QC Canada
- President, Canadian Association of Critical Care Nurses, Quebec, QC, Canada
| | - Eddy Fan
- Interdisciplinary Division of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada
- Department of Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada
| | - Robert Fowler
- Interdisciplinary Division of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada
| | - Curtis Johnston
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada
- Intensive Care Unit, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada
| | - R. Jeremy Katulka
- Department of Medicine, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W8, Canada
| | - Samuel Marcushamer
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada
- Intensive Care Unit, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada
| | - Kusum Menon
- Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
- Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON T6G 2R3, Canada
| | - Tracey Miller
- Intensive Care Unit, Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, BC V3L 3W7, Canada
| | - Bojan Paunovic
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
- President, Canadian Critical Care Society, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
| | - Teddie Tanguay
- Intensive Care Unit, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada
| |
Collapse
|
9
|
Mhawish HA, Rasheed AM. Staffing critical care with nurses amid the COVID-19 crisis: Strategies and plans. Int Nurs Rev 2021; 69:369-374. [PMID: 34881443 DOI: 10.1111/inr.12738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
AIM To describe a nursing staffing surge model in critical care units that can be used during a pandemic or crisis. This model may give useful guidance for hospitals or centers that must immediately react in response to the devastating challenges introduced by disease outbreaks. BACKGROUND During the COVID-19 pandemic, many hospitals were challenged to maintain the quality of care and safe practice in critical care units while accommodating the daily rapidly increasing number of infected cases that needed critical care. The nursing staffing shortage in critical care units and its consequences were among the top issues to deal with. METHOD This is a descriptive study about our experience in preparing for nursing staffing in critical care as a part of the COVID-19 surge plan. We have used evidence-based strategies to design our team-based model for staffing during the COVID-19 pandemic. RESULTS The team-based model for staffing during the COVID-19 pandemic had shown success in dealing with the acute shortage of nursing staff in critical care units. We had implemented other additional supportive strategies to help enhance this staffing. CONCLUSION With the support of available evidence-based resources and on-the-fly preparation and training, we were able to augment the tremendous increase in patient influx during the pandemic using the team-based model. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT The team-based approach and other strategies included in this article can help support critical care units with staff during crises. However, we strongly recommend developing a nursing deployment policy that makes staff redeployment and re-allocation smoother, whenever needed.
Collapse
|
10
|
Al Mutair A, Al Mutairi A, Alhumaid S, Maaz Abdullah S, Zia Zaidi AR, Rabaan AA, Al-Omari A. Examining and investigating the impact of demographic characteristics and chronic diseases on mortality of COVID-19: Retrospective study. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0257131. [PMID: 34506551 PMCID: PMC8432755 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Epidemiological features characterization of COVID-19 is highly important for developing and implementing effective control measures. In Saudi Arabia mortality rate varies between 0.6% to 1.26%. The purpose of the study was to investigate whether demographic characteristics (age and gender) and non-communicable diseases (Hypertension and Diabetes mellitus) have a significant association with mortality in COVID-19 patients. METHODS Prior to data collection, an expedite approval was obtained from Institutional Review Board (IRB Log No: RC. RC20.09.10) in Al Habib Research Center at Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Group, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This is a retrospective design where we used descriptive and inferential analysis to analyse the data. Binary logistic regression was done to study the association between comorbidities and mortality of COVID-19. RESULTS 43 (86%) of the male patients were non-survivors while 7 (14%) of the female patients were survivors. The odds of non-survivors among hypertensive patients are 3.56 times higher than those who are not having a history of Hypertension (HTN). The odds of non-survivors among diabetic patients are 5.17 times higher than those who are not having a history of Diabetes mellitus (DM). The odds of non-survivors are 2.77 times higher among those who have a history of HTN and DM as compared to those who did not have a history of HTN and DM. CONCLUSIONS Those patients that had a history of Hypertension and Diabetes had a higher probability of non-survival in contrast to those who did not have a history of Diabetes and hypertension. Further studies are required to study the association of comorbidities with COVID-19 and mortality.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Abbas Al Mutair
- Research Center Director, Almoosa Specialist Hospital, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
- College of Nursing, Princess Norah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- School of Nursing, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
| | - Alya Al Mutairi
- Mathematics Department, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia
| | - Saad Alhumaid
- Drug Information and Research Department, Administration of Pharmaceutical Care, Ministry of Health, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
| | - Syed Maaz Abdullah
- Department of Medicine, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan
| | | | - Ali A. Rabaan
- Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Public Health and Nutrition, The University of Haripur, Haripur, Pakistan
| | - Awad Al-Omari
- Research Center, Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
| |
Collapse
|
11
|
Walker FA, Ball M, Cleary S, Pisani H. Transparent teamwork: The practice of supervision and delegation within the multi-tiered nursing team. Nurs Inq 2021; 28:e12413. [PMID: 33886166 DOI: 10.1111/nin.12413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Revised: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
Supervision and delegation are important leadership skills that nurses require when practising within the multi-tiered nursing team. In response to increasing demands globally on healthcare systems, Nursing Assistants are becoming more prevalent members of the nursing workforce in the acute care setting. An exploratory descriptive research design was used to examine supervision and delegation of Nursing Assistants in an acute hospital setting in Victoria, Australia. It was found that supervision and delegation in the context of a multi-tier nursing team required a complex assessment and decision-making process which was influenced by multiple factors. This research promotes developing transparent nursing practices and mutual understanding in the multi-tier nursing team to facilitate effective supervision and delegation based on informed decision-making and culture of openness and trust. Pre-registration education and continuing education and support for nurses are important to build transparent supervision and delegation practices and teamwork, empowering the nursing team to practice to their full scope of practice to provide high-quality patient care.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Felicity Ann Walker
- Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University, Bilinga, QLD, Australia.,School of Health & Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
| | - Madeleine Ball
- School of Health & Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.,School of Health Sciences, University of Tasmania, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
| | - Sonja Cleary
- School of Health & Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
| | - Heather Pisani
- School of Health & Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
| |
Collapse
|