The value of human resources: Experience of critical care nurses during the COVID-19 epidemic

González-Gil, M.T.; Oter‐Quintana, Cristina; Martínez-Marcos, Mercedes; Alcolea-Cosín, M.T.; Navarta‐Sánchez, María Victoria; Robledo‐Martín, Juana; Santos, Ana María Palmar; Pedraz‐Marcos, Azucena; González-Blázquez, C.; Moreno, A. Capote; Otero‐García, Laura

doi:10.1016/j.enfie.2021.09.005

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“…An overview of the included studies ( n = 19) has been illustrated in Table 2 . Nine articles were published in 2021 ( 29 – 32 , 34 , 36 , 38 , 41 , 42 ) and 10 were published in 2022 ( 27 , 28 , 33 , 35 , 37 , 39 , 40 , 43 – 45 ).…”

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“…Five studies were from Turkey ( 28 , 33 , 39 , 44 , 45 ) three from Iran ( 31 , 41 , 42 ), two from the USA ( 30 , 36 ), two from Spain ( 34 , 35 ), two from Sweden ( 27 , 29 ), one from China ( 38 ), one from Israel ( 37 ), one from Brazil ( 32 ), one from Canada ( 43 ), and one from Taiwan ( 40 ). The included studies were conducted in various contexts, in terms of the healthcare system, the number of deaths and cases of COVID-19, the nurse-to-patient ratio, economic and political status, population age pyramid, culture, equipment, and access to health services.…”

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“…Therefore, care, such as patient mobility, care of central and peripheral pathways devices, and primary care were not provided to patients, and a decrease in nursing care standards was reported. In addition, nurses prioritized maintaining airways, maintaining hemodynamic constants with medication, and administering essential medications to patients ( 27 , 29 , 34 , 35 , 42 , 44 ).…”

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“…The nurses' families have shown pride in them, and the public has shown appreciation for their efforts. Nurses have been portrayed as heroes and valuable health workers ( 28 , 31 , 35 , 36 , 38 , 39 ). Thus, the COVID-19 pandemic has created a unique image of nurses in society.…”

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“…In addition, nurses were uncertain about the qualifications of the new co-workers that they were also responsible for. Therefore, their workload increased ( 27 , 29 , 30 , 34 , 35 , 39 , 43 , 44 ).…”

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Experiences of intensive care unit nurses working with COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies

Nasrabadi

Abbasi

Mardani

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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ObjectivesIntensive Care Unit (ICU) nurses are at the forefront of fighting and treating the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and are often directly exposed to this virus and at risk of disease, due to their direct care for infected patients. This study aims to synthesize the experiences of ICU nurses working with COVID-19 patients.MethodsA systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies were undertaken. A systematic literature search in four databases, including Web of Sciences, Scopus, Embase, and PubMed (including Medline), was performed. Original qualitative studies and the qualitative section of mixed method studies, written in English, which focused on the experiences of only ICU nurses working with COVID-19 patients, were included.ResultsSeventeen qualitative studies and two mixed-method studies were included in the review. As a result of the inductive content analysis, six main categories were identified, as follows: “distance from holistic nursing,” “psychosocial experiences,” “efforts for self-protection and wellbeing,” “organizational inefficiency,” “job burnout,” and “emerging new experiences in the workplace.”ConclusionsThe findings from this study suggest that healthcare authorities and policymakers can facilitate the provision of high-quality patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic through appropriate planning to provide adequate support and training, prevent shortages of nursing staff and equipment, and provide adequate attention to the psychological needs and job satisfaction of ICU nurses.Systematic review registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=256070, identifier: CRD42021256070.

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Experiences of intensive care unit nurses working with COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies

Nasrabadi

Abbasi

Mardani

et al. 2022

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Ethical Challenges to the Self-care of Nurses during the Covid-19 Pandemic

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Background The emerging working conditions triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic have imposed numerous ethical challenges on the nurses, which, in turn, can negatively impact the nurses’ physical and mental health, and thus their work performance through intensifying negative emotions and psychological pressures. Aim The purpose of this study was to highlight the nurses’ perceptions of the ethical challenges that they faced regarding their self-care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Research design A qualitative, descriptive study with a content analysis approach. Participants and research context The data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 19 nurses working in the COVID-19 wards of two university-affiliated hospitals. These nurses were selected using a purposive sampling method and the data were analyzed using a content analysis approach. Ethical considerations The study was approved by the TUMS Research Council Ethics Committee under the code: IR.TUMS.VCR.REC.1399.594. In addition, it is based on the participants’ informed consent and confidentiality. Findings Two themes and five sub-themes were identified, including ethical conflicts (the conflict between self-care and comprehensive patient care, prioritization of life, and inadequate care) and inequalities (intra- and inter-professional inequalities). Conclusion The findings demonstrated that the nurses’ care is a prerequisite for the patients’ care. Considering that the ethical challenges faced by nurses are related to unacceptable working conditions, organizational support, and lack of access to facilities such as personal protective equipment, it seems essential to support nurses and provide adequate working conditions to provide patients with quality care.

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Ethical issues experienced by nurses during COVID-19 pandemic: Systematic review

Oh,

Gastmans

2023

Nurs Ethics

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Background Frontline nurses who care for patients with COVID-19 work in stressful environments, and many inevitably struggle with unanticipated ethical issues. Little is known about the unique, ethically sensitive issues that nurses faced when caring for patients with COVID-19. Aim To better understand how frontline nurses who care for patients with COVID-19 experience ethical issues towards others and themselves. Methods Systematic review of qualitative evidence carried out according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-analyses on ethical literature (PRISMA-Ethics). The electronic databases PubMed, Embase, Cinahl, Web of Science, Philosopher's Index, and Scopus were queried to identify candidate articles. Articles appearing from March 1, 2020 to December 31, 2022 were considered if they met the following inclusion criteria: (1) Published qualitative and mixed method studies and (2) ethical issues experienced by nurses caring for patients with COVID-19. We appraised the quality of included studies, and data analysis was guided by QUAGOL principles. Findings Twenty-six studies meeting our inclusion criteria for how nurses experience ethical issues were characterised by two key themes: (1) the moral character of nurses as a willingness to respond to the vulnerability of human beings and (2) ethical issues nurses acted as barriers sometimes, impeding them from responding to requests of vulnerable human beings for dignified care. Conclusion Our review provides a deeper understanding of nurses’ experiences of ethically sensitive issues, while also highlighting the critical need for adjustments to be made at organisational and societal levels. Ethical issues that emerged in situations where organisational and situational constraints impeded nurses' ethical responses to patients’ appeals suggests that early practical support should be made available to resolve ethical issues recognised by nurses. Such support contributes to protecting and promoting not only the dignity of patients with COVID-19 but also of fellow humans in need during crisis.

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The value of human resources: Experience of critical care nurses during the COVID-19 epidemic

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Experiences of intensive care unit nurses working with COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies

Experiences of intensive care unit nurses working with COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies

Ethical Challenges to the Self-care of Nurses during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Ethical issues experienced by nurses during COVID-19 pandemic: Systematic review

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