Ressources personnelles utilisées par les infirmiers inscrits dans un cursus en pratique avancée lors de la pandémie de coronavirus en France : une recherche mixte séquentielle.

ABSTRACT

Introduction  At the beginning of 2020, a public health emergency was declared in France following the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.Context  Nurses involved in an advanced practice mobilized their specific skills during this health crisis by drawing on the available resources.Objectives  To analyze personal resources used by those nurses in the process of skill mobilization during the pandemic.Method  Sequential mixed research, first quantitative and then qualitative, concerning nurses or students enrolled in an advanced practice curriculum.Results  Our analysis highlighted two groups of activity for those nurses  frontline workers against COVID-19 or coordination. Coordination seemed to present more opportunities to use the specific skills of advance practice nursing.Discussion  Adjustment strategies for stress (coping and hardiness) boost nurses' commitment to their professional practice. Disciplinary knowledge contributes to the enrichment of the knowledge necessary for the mobilization of skills.Conclusion  Future research should explore resources and the mobilization of skills in the implementation of advance practice nursing.