Nurses' experiences of being recruited and transferred to a new sub-intensive care unit devoted to COVID-19 patients.
COVID-19
coronavirus outbreak
nurses’ experiences
pandemics
qualitative research
recruitment
Journal
Journal of nursing management
ISSN: 1365-2834
Titre abrégé: J Nurs Manag
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9306050
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2021
Jul 2021
Historique:
revised:
09
12
2020
received:
20
11
2020
accepted:
15
01
2021
pubmed:
23
1
2021
medline:
28
7
2021
entrez:
22
1
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To describe the experiences of Italian nurses who have been urgently and compulsorily allocated to a newly established COVID-19 sub-intensive care unit. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, no studies have documented the experience of nurses urgently reallocated to a newly created unit. A qualitative descriptive study. Twenty-four nurses working in a sub-intensive care unit created for COVID-19 patients participated in four focus groups. Audio-recorded interviews were verbatim-transcribed; then, a thematic analysis was performed. The experience of nurses was summarized along three lines: (a) 'becoming a frontline nurse', (b) 'living a double-faced professional experience' and (c) 'advancing in nursing practice'. Nurses who experienced being mandatorily recruited and urgently reallocated to a COVID-19 unit lived through a mix of negative feelings in the early stages, a double-faced situation during the episode and, at the end, the perception of global growth as a person, as a team and as a professional. Nurse managers could play a key role in identifying and preparing nurses in advance to mitigate their concerns and their sense of unpreparedness. The value attributed to nursing care should be promoted both during and after the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Sections du résumé
AIM
OBJECTIVE
To describe the experiences of Italian nurses who have been urgently and compulsorily allocated to a newly established COVID-19 sub-intensive care unit.
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, no studies have documented the experience of nurses urgently reallocated to a newly created unit.
METHOD
METHODS
A qualitative descriptive study. Twenty-four nurses working in a sub-intensive care unit created for COVID-19 patients participated in four focus groups. Audio-recorded interviews were verbatim-transcribed; then, a thematic analysis was performed.
RESULTS
RESULTS
The experience of nurses was summarized along three lines: (a) 'becoming a frontline nurse', (b) 'living a double-faced professional experience' and (c) 'advancing in nursing practice'.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Nurses who experienced being mandatorily recruited and urgently reallocated to a COVID-19 unit lived through a mix of negative feelings in the early stages, a double-faced situation during the episode and, at the end, the perception of global growth as a person, as a team and as a professional.
IMPLICATION FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT
CONCLUSIONS
Nurse managers could play a key role in identifying and preparing nurses in advance to mitigate their concerns and their sense of unpreparedness. The value attributed to nursing care should be promoted both during and after the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33480143
doi: 10.1111/jonm.13253
pmc: PMC8013465
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
1149-1158Informations de copyright
© 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Références
N Engl J Med. 2020 May 14;382(20):1873-1875
pubmed: 32187459
Nurse Educ Today. 2014 Mar;34(3):434-40
pubmed: 23669600
J Adv Nurs. 2020 Sep;76(9):2212-2214
pubmed: 32352175
Int Nurs Rev. 2008 Mar;55(1):27-33
pubmed: 18275532
J Clin Nurs. 2005 Apr;14(4):510-7
pubmed: 15807759
Occup Environ Med. 2021 Feb;78(2):129-135
pubmed: 33060188
Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 Apr;20(4):383
pubmed: 32178762
Int J Qual Health Care. 2007 Dec;19(6):349-57
pubmed: 17872937
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Nov;41(11):1368-1369
pubmed: 32336306
Soc Anthropol. 2020 May;28(2):376-378
pubmed: 32836942
J Nurs Scholarsh. 2020 Sep;52(5):553-563
pubmed: 32735758
Am J Infect Control. 2018 Jul;46(7):781-787
pubmed: 29502886
N Engl J Med. 2020 Mar 26;382(13):1194-1196
pubmed: 32074416
Nurs Ethics. 2006 Sep;13(5):455-70
pubmed: 16961111
Int J Nurs Stud. 2010 May;47(5):577-85
pubmed: 20036360
J Clin Nurs. 2011 Dec;20(23-24):3513-22
pubmed: 21040042
Qual Health Res. 2005 Nov;15(9):1277-88
pubmed: 16204405
Lancet Glob Health. 2020 Jun;8(6):e790-e798
pubmed: 32573443
Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2020 Oct;60:102893
pubmed: 32576488
BMC Health Serv Res. 2009 Feb 13;9:30
pubmed: 19216792
J Nurs Manag. 2021 Apr;29(3):572-583
pubmed: 33090604
Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being. 2020 Dec;15(1):e1718468
pubmed: 31975652
Nurs Ethics. 2007 Jan;14(1):5-17
pubmed: 17334166
J Nurs Manag. 2017 Jan;25(1):4-12
pubmed: 27620861
Int J Nurs Sci. 2020 Apr 04;7(2):135-138
pubmed: 32292632
J Nurs Manag. 2021 Jul;29(5):1149-1158
pubmed: 33480143
J Med Virol. 2020 Sep;92(9):1484-1490
pubmed: 32369222
Assist Inferm Ric. 2020 Apr-Jun;39(2):66-108
pubmed: 32686776
J Clin Nurs. 2009 Oct;18(20):2880-7
pubmed: 19747256
SAGE Open Med. 2019 Jan 02;7:2050312118822927
pubmed: 30637106
Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2020 Aug;59:102876
pubmed: 32360493
Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2020 Oct;60:102883
pubmed: 32448629
J Clin Nurs. 2018 Aug;27(15-16):3157-3170
pubmed: 29752850
BMC Med Res Methodol. 2018 Nov 21;18(1):148
pubmed: 30463515
Int J Nurs Stud. 2020 Nov;111:103637
pubmed: 32919358
Int J Surg. 2020 Jun;78:113-114
pubmed: 32353555
Ann Glob Health. 2020 Jun 29;86(1):70
pubmed: 32676299