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OBJECTIVE: The objective of this review is to explore and understand the birthing care experiences of midwives, nurses, women, and birthing people during COVID-19. INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic has had implications for providing and receiving birthing care globally. In addition to navigating fears of contracting COVID-19, health care providers and families have had to adapt to changing policies and clinical practices in response to varying recommendations and evidence. These changes, including restrictive visitor policies and mandated mask-wearing, influenced the experience of birthing care. Synthesizing qualitative evidence about the birthing experiences of midwives, nurses, women, and birthing people (people who give birth but who do not identify as women) during COVID-19 can provide important information for policies and decision-making for future global pandemics. INCLUSION CRITERIA: Studies including licensed midwives, licensed nurses, women, and birthing people who provided or received birthing care during the COVID-19 pandemic will be considered. Studies published from January 2020 onward will be included. The review will consider all studies that present qualitative data, including, but not limited to, research designs such as phenomenology, ethnography, grounded theory, feminist research, and action research. METHODS: The following databases will be searched: MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and LitCovid. MedArchiv, PsyArXiv, and Google Scholar will be searched for gray literature. Studies will be assessed independently by two reviewers. Any disagreements will be resolved through discussion or with a third reviewer. Data extraction will be completed by two reviewers. The JBI tools and resources will be used for meta-aggregation, including the creation of categories and synthesized findings. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION NUMBER: PROSPERO CRD42021292832.
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COVID-19 , Anthropology, Cultural , Female , Health Personnel , Humans , Pandemics , Qualitative Research , Review Literature as TopicABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION: Universal access to preventative healthcare is essential to children's health. Registered nurses (RN) are well positioned to deliver well-child care within primary care settings; however, RN role implementation varies widely in this sector and the scope of literature that examines the influence of organisational attributes on nursing contributions to well-child care is not well understood. The aim of this scoping review is to identify the scope and characteristics of the literature related to organisational attributes that act as barriers to, or facilitators for RN delivery of well-child care within the context of primary care in high-income countries. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: The Joanna Briggs Institute scoping review methodology will be used to conduct this review. Databases that will be accessed include Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), MEDLINE and Embase. Inclusion criteria includes articles with a focus on RNs who deliver well-child care in primary care settings. Literature that meets this inclusion criteria will be included in the study. Covidence software platform will be used to review citations and full-text articles. Titles, abstracts and full-text articles will be reviewed independently by two reviewers. Any disagreements that arise between the reviewers will be resolved through discussion, or with an additional reviewer. Data will be extracted and organised according to the dimensions outlined in the nursing care organisation conceptual framework (NCOF). Principles of the 'best fit' framework synthesis will guide the data analysis approach and the NCOF will act as the framework for data coding and analysis. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This scoping review will undertake a secondary analysis of data already published and does not require ethical approval. Findings will be disseminated via peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations targeting stakeholders involved in nursing practice and the delivery of well-child care. TRIAL REGISTRATION DETAILS: Braithwaite, S., Tranmer, J., Lukewich, J., & Macdonald, D. (2021, March 31). Protocol for a Scoping Review of the Influence of Organisational Attributes on Registered Nurse Contributions to Well-child Care. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/UZYX5.