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Perspectives of nursing directors on emergency nurse deployment during the pandemic of COVID-19: A nationwide cross-sectional survey in mainland China.
He, Ling-Xiao; Ren, Hong-Fei; Chen, Feng-Jiao; Chen, Zhong-Lan; Wang, Cong; Zhang, Rui-Xue; Jiang, Yan.
  • He LX; Trauma Center of West China Hospital, Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
  • Ren HF; Department of Gastroenterology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
  • Chen FJ; Department of Hematology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
  • Chen ZL; Department of Cardiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
  • Wang C; Evidence-based Nursing Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
  • Zhang RX; Nursing Department of West China Hospital, Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
  • Jiang Y; Nursing Department of West China Hospital, Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
J Nurs Manag ; 30(5): 1147-1156, 2022 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1784703
ABSTRACT

AIMS:

The aim of this study is to investigate the situation and perceptions of nursing directors about emergency nursing staff deployment in designated hospitals during the pandemic of COVID-19 in mainland China.

BACKGROUND:

The pandemic of COVID-19 has significantly depleted health care resources, leading to increased burden of nursing care and staffing and exacerbating the crisis in health care facilities. Currently, how to effectively plan and schedule nursing staffing in the pandemic still remains unknown.

METHODS:

From 14 July 2020 to 8 September 2020, 62 nursing directors of designated hospitals in mainland China were invited to participate in a cross-sectional online survey for their perceptions of nursing human-resource allocation during the pandemic of COVID-19.

RESULTS:

A total of 55 valid questionnaires were collected, showing that 96.36% of the hospitals had emergency nursing organizations and management systems during the pandemic, 96.36% had well-established scheduling principles for nursing human resources and 54.55% of hospitals had human-resource scheduling platforms. All the hospitals had trained emergency nursing staff in infection control (55, 100%), work process (51, 92.73%) and emergency skills (50, 90.91%). Most of the participants were satisfied with the nursing staffing deployments at their institutions (52, 94.55%). However, more than two thirds of them believed that their human-resource deployment plans need further improvements (39, 70.91%).

CONCLUSIONS:

Most of the designated hospitals investigated had established emergency nursing organizations, and management systems, and related regulations for the epidemic. However, the contents mentioned above still need to be further standardized. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT The surge of patients in the epidemic was considerable challenge for the emergency capacity of hospitals. In the future, we should pay more attention to the following aspects building emergency nursing staffing platforms, increasing emergency human-resource reserves, establishing reliable communication channels for emergency response teams, improving the rules and regulations of emergency human-resource management, offering more training and drills for emergency-related knowledge and skills and giving more focus on bio-psycho-social wellbeing of nurses.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: COVID-19 / Nursing Staff, Hospital Type of study: Observational study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: J Nurs Manag Journal subject: Nursing Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Jonm.13627

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: COVID-19 / Nursing Staff, Hospital Type of study: Observational study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: J Nurs Manag Journal subject: Nursing Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Jonm.13627