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Background: COVID-19 was devastating for many frontline nurses embroiled in health care's response. Most media outlets reported from several large metropolitan areas in New York, California, and Florida, leaving other regions to wonder about the extent to which their nurses were suffering. Objective: The purpose of this article was to understand the specific needs and experiences of Northeast Ohio nurses caring for patients with COVID-19 before designing interventions targeting negative mental outcomes. Methods: This phenomenological study interviewed 16 Northeast Ohio nurses to understand their experiences of caring for patients with COVID-19. Results: Although not asked about it directly, the participants' stories consistently included details that could be linked to moral distress. Two themes describing their lived experiences included "acquiring moral distress" and "living with moral distress." Additional findings are also reported separately because although they do not represent the lived experience of COVID-19 nursing, they did represent significant concerns that participants had for the future and are reported here to assist other researchers with the intervention design. Furthermore, these participants thought that participation in support groups with other nurses who cared for COVID-19 patients and possibly led by mental health advanced practice nurses offered the best intervention to process their trauma from the pandemic. Conclusions: The long-term effects of moral distress have been discussed routinely in recent literature and are further complicated by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Threats to the shrinking workforce of nurses must be taken seriously and interventions to improve the mental health and morale of frontline nurses must be prioritized and tested.
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BACKGROUND: Online teaching has expanded over the past few decades, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, characteristics of online teaching effectiveness and quality remain understudied. PURPOSE: This study examined perceptions of online teaching effectiveness from nursing faculty and student perspectives. METHODS: The findings presented are from phase 1 of a three-phase, mixed methods research project. In this phase, a qualitative descriptive design was used to analyze data obtained from focus group interview sessions. A purposive sampling of faculty (Nâ¯=â¯15) and students (Nâ¯=â¯17) from one midwestern, public university participated in five focus groups. RESULTS: Seven themes emerged through qualitative data analysis of faculty focus group data. Student focus groups yielded six themes. Faculty and students identified challenges and strategies for effective online teaching. Student and faculty perceptions of online teaching effectiveness aligned for many themes. CONCLUSION: Study findings have distinct implications for nursing education. Identifying the characteristics of online teaching effectiveness provides the foundation for establishing tangible constructs and robust evaluation, broadening the impact on learning outcomes, faculty development, and educational practice.
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COVID-19 , Bacharelado em Enfermagem , Estudantes de Enfermagem , Docentes de Enfermagem , Humanos , Pandemias , SARS-CoV-2 , EnsinoRESUMO
Disaster preparedness is more complex for persons with chronic illness, who may require specific planning to address unique needs. Research suggests that advance preparation and evacuation during a disaster leads to better health outcomes. Individuals access, and rely on, health information via online sources. The purpose of this descriptive qualitative study was to examine information that persons who may have special needs receive from an Internet based free sharing source, YouTube, related to disaster evacuation procedures. A content analysis of 51 clips using the Health Literacy Skills Framework revealed themes related to quality and region. Findings suggested concerns such as errors, minimal information about management of conditions during evacuation, and lack of diversity.
