Pride and Uncertainty: A Qualitative Study of Danish Nursing Staff in Temporary COVID-19 Wards.
J Hosp Palliat Nurs
; 23(2): 140-144, 2021 Apr 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1272995
ABSTRACT
There is limited knowledge about the psychosocial stress among the nursing staff working on the COVID-19 wards. This article reports on the experiences of frontline health care workers as it was described to supervisors counseling the nursing staff engaged in the response to the outbreak of COVID-19. Frontline health care workers, nurses, and nurses' aides experienced major work changes. Some were transferred to the newly formed COVID-19 wards in a large Danish hospital, were given new tasks, and had to collaborate with new colleagues, while treating a new deadly and contagious disease. This study aimed to describe the reflections and experiences of the nursing staff attending supervision sessions. The palliative unit offered supervision from April 2020. A total of 9 supervision sessions were held as part of this study, and 57 nursing staff members participated in the sessions. The supervision was available to employees until the first COVID wave subsided in June 2020. During each session, supervisors took field notes and wrote field memos. The topics raised by the nursing staff during the supervision sessions ranged between pride and uncertainty. Nursing staff in COVID-19 wards were at risk of feeling an increasing burden, and there was a need for ongoing managerial attention as well as continuous visible presence and support.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Nursing Staff, Hospital
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
J Hosp Palliat Nurs
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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