Qualitative study on working experience of COVID-19 care nurses / 浙江大学学报·医学版

OBJECTIVE@#To study the working experience of COVID-19 care nurses.@*METHODS@#Twenty two nurses taking care of COVID-19 patients were interviewed by means of descriptive phenomenology. All the data were transcribed and recorded, and then processed into WORD documents. The Colaizzi 7 footwork was used to classify, encode, establish nodes and extract themes based on Nvivo11.0 software.@*RESULTS@#Two main themes were extracted: one is the positive feelings of nurses, including the sense of professional mission and pride, the sense of achievement and happiness, the improvement of self-worth and ability, the powerful support system and the power of role models; the other is the negative experience of nurses, including the worry and anxiety at work, the lack of experience and trust, the difficulty of work, and the inconvenience of isolating life.@*CONCLUSIONS@#s While fully affirming the work value of nurses, it is necessary for the society, hospitals and patients to give extensive and continuous support, care and respect to nurses, so as to stimulate their working enthusiasm and sense of professional achievement. Hospital managers need to implement all kinds of security work, meet the safety needs of nurses, pay attention to the physical and mental health of nurses, strengthen the training of nursing talents for critical and severe diseases and infectious diseases, improve the allocation of human resources, and enhance the ability of material allocation and reserve for major health events, so as to make adequate preparations for coping with public health events in the future.

A phenomenological study on working experience of nonlocal nurses in Shanghai / 中国实用护理杂志

Objective To explore the feelings of nonlocal nurses working in shanghai in order to provide effective and reliable basis for the nursing managers to develop humanistic management. Methods 12 nonlocal nurses were interviewed with open-ended questions. The data collected from the interviews were analyzed thematically. Results There are seven themes of nonlocal nurses′ working experience: the pursuit of a better personal development, physical needs are not met, the affected self-concept, the role strain,lack of good interpersonal support,achieve their self-worth and look forward to humanistic management modes. Conclusions It is showed that there are various types of maladjustment problems on nonlocal nurses. All above suggest that nursing managers should be concerned about the physical and mental health status of nonlocal nurses, and improve the guarantee mechanism. Using motivation mechanisms to mobilize the enthusiasm of nonlocal nurses, with a view to maximize their potential power.

A qualitative research in role cognition and working experience of midwives / 中国实用护理杂志

Objective To investigate midwives' role cognition and their working experience.Methods It was a qualitative study using the phenomenological method.10 midwives were interviewed and all the data were analyzed using the categorization method.Results Three main categories were identified:diversified midwife roles; capacities and qualities required to fulfill midwifery roles; positive and negative experiences coexisted.Conclusions Managers should develop humanized management approaches to facilitate the fulfillment of midwives' roles and improve their working experience.The research also revealed the need to improve Chinese midwifery education and the midwifery regulation systems.