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Implications for COVID-19: A systematic review of nurses' experiences of working in acute care hospital settings during a respiratory pandemic
- Source :
- International Journal of Nursing Studies
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Background Pandemics and epidemics are public health emergencies that can result in substantial deaths and socio-economic disruption. Nurses play a key role in the public health response to such crises, delivering direct patient care and reducing the risk of exposure to the infectious disease. The experience of providing nursing care in this context has the potential to have significant short and long term consequences for individual nurses, society and the nursing profession. Objectives To synthesize and present the best available evidence on the experiences of nurses working in acute hospital settings during a pandemic. Design This review was conducted using the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology for systematic reviews. Data sources A structured search using CINAHL, MEDLINE, EMBASE, PubMed, Google Scholar, Cochrane Library, MedNar, ProQuest and Index to Theses was conducted. Review methods All studies describing nurses’ experiences were included regardless of methodology. Themes and narrative statements were extracted from included papers using the SUMARI data extraction tool from Joanna Briggs Institute. Results Thirteen qualitative studies were included in the review. The experiences of 348 nurses generated a total of 116 findings, which formed seven categories based on similarity of meaning. Three synthesized findings were generated from the categories: (i) Supportive nursing teams providing quality care; (ii) Acknowledging the physical and emotional impact; and (iii) Responsiveness of systematised organizational reaction. Conclusions Nurses are pivotal to the health care response to infectious disease pandemics and epidemics. This systematic review emphasises that nurses’ require Governments, policy makers and nursing groups to actively engage in supporting nurses, both during and following a pandemic or epidemic. Without this, nurses are likely to experience substantial psychological issues that can lead to burnout and loss from the nursing workforce.
- Subjects :
- Emerging infectious diseases
medicine.medical_specialty
Nurses experiences
Qualitative systematic review
Pneumonia, Viral
MEDLINE
CINAHL
Cochrane Library
Nursing Staff, Hospital
Nurse's Role
Article
03 medical and health sciences
Nursing care
Betacoronavirus
0302 clinical medicine
Nursing
Acute care
Occupational Exposure
Health care
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Epidemics
Pandemics
General Nursing
030504 nursing
business.industry
SARS-CoV-2
Public health
COVID-19
Systematic review
0305 other medical science
business
Psychology
Coronavirus Infections
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1873491X
- Volume :
- 111
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International journal of nursing studies
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....043b1c316fd69557864cacbd688d257a