Lessons learned after six months at war with COVID-19

Milesky, Jennifer L.

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“…We must keep pace with events that can paralyze the world in weeks’. Health care systems need specific plans to face similar crises that may emerge in the future (Milesky, 2020 ). If appropriate measures are not implemented, health care providers may feel disused, distressed and unsafe.…”

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“…Alongside the routine care for ICU patients and the management of these settings, other perspectives of the path forward should be considered, such as ensuring reasonable workloads and sufficient resources (Catania et al, 2021 ; Milesky, 2020 ), maximizing staff support (Rieckert et al, 2021 ), compensating for the shortage of ICU nurses with appropriate competencies (Poortaghi et al, 2021 ), providing a safe environment (WHO, 2020 ) and the increased daily physical, psychological and moral demands on nurses (Hossain & Clatty, 2021 ).…”

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Lessons learned and recommendations from the COVID‐19 pandemic: Content analysis of semi‐structured interviews with intensive care unit nurse managers in the United Arab Emirates

Ahmed

Dias

Al‐Yateem

et al. 2022

J Nursing Management

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Aim This study aims to explore how nursing services were managed and provided in intensive care units during the COVID‐19 pandemic and clarify the management lessons learned. Background The surge in the number of patients with COVID‐19 worldwide and the unpredictability of new variants mean the voices of nurse managers who participated in fighting the pandemic in intensive care units must be considered. Health care systems need specific plans to face similar future crises. Method This is a descriptive, qualitative, narrative study using indirect content analysis. Results We analysed 37 intensive care unit nurse managers' reflections on lessons learned from the COVID‐19 pandemic. Four themes were extracted: restructuring organisations' resources, issues with family‐centred care, education and training and policy reforms. Conclusions Promising strategies for Emirati intensive care units in planning for responses to future crises include maximizing organisation resources, boosting family‐centred care, providing in‐service training for nurses and policy reform. Implications for Nursing Management Our findings will support health care leaders, educators, policymakers and researchers to improve the management of similar pandemic situations. This study presents fundamental data concerning the subjective experiences of intensive care unit nurse managers. These experiences may inform development of multi‐dimensional strategies including: ensuring the adequacy of projected supplies, space and nursing workforce; establishing communication protocols; and reforming existing policies.

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