Reflections on nursing research focusing on the COVID‐19 pandemic

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has consumed nursing for more than 2 years now. Nurses have been and remain at the heart of the response to the pandemic--nurses are central to preventative, curative and palliative activities associated with COVID-19, and have taken these roles on in addition to their usual roles. Nurses of all levels and career stages have responded to and been affected by the pandemic--from students of nursing, through to academic and executive nurses (Heilferty et al., 2021;Ion et al., 2021;Riddell et al., 2022). Nurse researchers have also been very responsive to the pandemic. Like many other nursing and health journals, the Journal of Advanced Nursing has received literally hundreds of manuscripts focused on the pandemic, and we have published more than 200 papers on the COVID-19 pandemic over the past 2 years. These papers have come from all over the world and have focused on many areas of interest, but the most dominant topic by far has been on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the nursing workforce.Effects on the nursing workforce have been felt internationally-the hundreds of papers we have published shows that there is not an area of nursing or a geographical location that has escaped the effects of the pandemic.

Caring through barriers—Newly graduated registered nurses' lived experiences in emergency departments during the COVID‐19 pandemic

“…As the COVID-19 pandemic increased demands on NGRNs, the transition experience into the nursing profession requires further attention in research (Jackson, 2022). We have previously described NGRNs battling stressful working conditions in Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic (Carnesten et al, 2022).…”

“…Fernández‐Basanta, Espremáns‐Cidón, et al (2022) highlight how the lack of support during the COVID‐19 pandemic also affected NGRNs physical and psychological health. As the COVID‐19 pandemic increased demands on NGRNs, the transition experience into the nursing profession requires further attention in research (Jackson, 2022). We have previously described NGRNs battling stressful working conditions in Sweden during the COVID‐19 pandemic (Carnesten et al, 2022).…”

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“…Whilst much research has explored nurses' experiences during the pandemic (Jackson, 2022), more attention needs to be given to how to retain and support nurses within healthcare systems that desperately need them. More thought needs to be given to how best to support nurses looking to leave the profession feel fulfilled and engaged again, in the profession they once loved, even whilst facing adversity and uncertainty.…”

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