Primary Health Care Nurses' Perceptions of Risk During COVID-19: A Qualitative Study.
community nursing
family practice
nursing workforce
pandemic
primary health care
risk
Journal
Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
ISSN: 1547-5069
Titre abrégé: J Nurs Scholarsh
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 100911591
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 2021
11 2021
Historique:
revised:
09
07
2021
received:
18
03
2021
accepted:
12
07
2021
pubmed:
6
8
2021
medline:
26
11
2021
entrez:
5
8
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
COVID-19 has presented health care professionals with unprecedented challenges. Significant risks have emerged as nurses have continued to work in delivering frontline health care during the pandemic. Feeling "at risk" has significant deleterious effects on nurses. The study sought to explore the perceptions of risk by Australian primary health care nurses (PHC) during COVID-19. Twenty-five Australian PHC nurses were purposively recruited from survey respondents who indicated a willingness to be interviewed. Phone interviews were undertaken between June and August 2020. Audio-recordings were transcribed and analyzed thematically. Participants shared concerns about risks in the workplace that emerged during COVID-19 and described the strategies used to mitigate these identified risks. Three themes were identified: (a) Professional concerns, (b) Personal/family concerns, and (c) Patient needs. Understanding PHC nurses' perceptions of risk during COVID-19 provides an important insight into how they can be better supported to manage the risks that they face and feel safer in their workplace. Ensuring that PHC nurses are well-supported is important to optimize job satisfaction, reduce burnout and improve patient care. There is a need to ensure that nurses feel safe during crises such as pandemics to protect both individual nurses and the broader workforce. Protecting the health workforce is essential to optimizing service delivery and promoting health outcomes.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34350686
doi: 10.1111/jnu.12698
pmc: PMC8447477
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
689-697Subventions
Organisme : University of Wollongong / Australian College of Nursing
Informations de copyright
© 2021 Sigma Theta Tau International.
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