Nursing care during COVID-19 at non-COVID-19 hospital units: A qualitative study

Jørgensen, Lone; Pedersen, Birgith; Lerbæk, Birgitte; Haslund-Thomsen, Helle Lønstrup; Thorup, Charlotte Brun; Albrechtsen, Maja Thomsen; Jacobsen, Sara; Nielsen, Marie Germund; Kusk, Kathrine Hoffmann; Laugesen, Britt; Voldbjerg, Siri Lygum; Grønkjær, Mette; Bundgaard, Karin

doi:10.1177/20571585211047429

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“…Because of the process of reflection, transformation and transcendence of their own illness experience, nurses became able to rediscover the founding values of nursing. This was shown, in particular, by their gaining a new understanding and knowledge of the importance of little things when attending to basic patient needs ( 7 ), personalizing care and strengthening the bond with colleagues.…”

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“…They assisted patients in a new and unpredictable situation ( 5 , 6 ), engaging in highly invasive procedures (e.g., oro-tracheal intubation to maintain adequate respiration) and end-of-life conversations, and witnessing their patients' isolation from family and friends ( 6 ). In this scenario, nurses also had to change their way of approaching patients, providing task-oriented care, and inevitably reducing the time of direct patient care, with a decrease of fundamental nursing care activities such as touch, physical contact, and non-verbal communication ( 7 ).…”

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The Wounded Healer: A Phenomenological Study on Hospital Nurses Who Contracted COVID-19

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Fiorini²,

Marchetti³

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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Since the pandemic began nurses were at the forefront of the crisis, assisting countless COVID-19 patients, facing unpreparedness, social and family isolation, and lack of protective equipment. Of all health professionals, nurses were those most frequently infected. Research on healthcare professionals' experience of the pandemic and how it may have influenced their life and work is sparse. No study has focused on the experiences of nurses who contracted COVID-19 and afterwards returned to caring for patients with COVID-19. The purpose of this study was therefore to explore the lived personal and professional experiences of such nurses, and to describe the impact it had on their ways of approaching patients, caring for them, and practicing their profession. A phenomenological study was conducted with 54 nurses, through 20 individual interviews and 4 focus groups. The main finding is that the nurses who contracted COVID-19 became “wounded healers”: they survived and recovered, but remained “wounded” by the experience, and returned to caring for patients as “healers,” with increased compassion and attention to basic needs. Through this life-changing experience they strengthened their ability to build therapeutic relationships with patients and re-discovered fundamental values of nursing. These are some of the ways in which nurses can express most profoundly the ethics of work done well.

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The Wounded Healer: A Phenomenological Study on Hospital Nurses Who Contracted COVID-19

Piredda

Fiorini²,

Marchetti³

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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“…Nurses’ work situation is affected by the pandemic in multiple ways. Studies show that there is an increased workload based on for instance relocation of colleagues to other units, safety issues, novel and constantly updated work routines, and the absence of caring relatives [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]. In addition, nurses have difficulties navigating the contradictory needs for both closeness to and distance from patients.…”

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“…In addition, nurses have difficulties navigating the contradictory needs for both closeness to and distance from patients. Similar to many people during the pandemic, nurses experience an unpredictable future and feelings of worry and insecurity [ 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ]. Several studies show that many nurses experience work-related stress and multiple psychological stressors during the pandemic, leading to burnout [ 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ].…”

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Scandinavian Nurses’ Use of Social Media during the COVID-19 Pandemic—A Berger and Luckman Inspired Analysis of a Qualitative Interview Study

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There is a knowledge gap about nurses’ use of social media in relation to and during the COVID-19 pandemic, which demands the upholding of a physical distance to other people, including patients and their relatives. The study aims to explore how nurses in the Scandinavian countries used social media for professional purposes in relation to the first 15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Qualitative, semi-structured interviews with 30 nurses in three Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) were conducted. Thematic analyses were made, methodically inspired by Braun and Clarke, and theoretically inspired by Berger and Luckmann’s theory about the construction of social reality. The Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research (SRQR) checklist was used. The results showed that social media was a socialisation tool for establishing new routines in clinical practice. Virtual meeting places supported collective understandings of a specific COVID-19 ‘reality’ and ‘knowledge’ amongst nurses, with the pandemic bringing to the fore the issue of e-professionalism among nurses relating to their clinical practice. However, social media and virtual education were not commonly used in patient contacts. Further, nurses attempted a re-socialisation of the public to proper COVID-19 behaviour through social media. Moreover, blurred boundaries between acting as a private individual and a professional nurse were identified, where ethics of the nursing profession extended to nurses’ private lives.

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“…During the current pandemic, frontline health professionals have stood on precarious grounds in an unknown situation and with continuous news feeds. Health professionals’ work situation was and is affected by the pandemic in multiple ways, for instance through an increased workload and elevated patient streams [ 6 ], increased absenteeism due to staff in quarantine [ 7 ], the handling of acute and unknown health conditions related to the infection with SARS-CoV-2 and related complications, additional tasks because of the relocation of colleagues to other units and related task shifts, the absence of relatives to support and care for patients, safety issues, and novel and constantly updated work routines [ 8 ]. Furthermore, the new and precarious COVID-19 situation affected frontline workers and their work in a range of different clinical settings.…”

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Practices and Strategies of Health Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic—Between Limitations and Opportunities

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Nursing care during COVID-19 at non-COVID-19 hospital units: A qualitative study

Cited by 16 publications

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The Wounded Healer: A Phenomenological Study on Hospital Nurses Who Contracted COVID-19

The Wounded Healer: A Phenomenological Study on Hospital Nurses Who Contracted COVID-19

Scandinavian Nurses’ Use of Social Media during the COVID-19 Pandemic—A Berger and Luckman Inspired Analysis of a Qualitative Interview Study

Practices and Strategies of Health Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic—Between Limitations and Opportunities

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