ArticleNursing outlook
A mixed methods study of an organization's approach to the COVID-19 health care crisis.
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- Organizational interventions to support and promote the mental health of healthcare workers during pandemics and epidemics: a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
- Impacts for health and care workers of Covid-19 and other public health emergencies of international concern: living systematic review, meta-analysis and policy recommendations.Human resources for health · 2024Pooled it
- The impact of COVID-19 on nurses' job satisfaction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- What are effective strategies to respond to the psychological impacts of working on the frontlines of a public health emergency?Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Are Organizational Interventions Effective in Protecting Healthcare Worker Mental Health during Epidemics/Pandemics? A Systematic Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Nurse leaders' appraisal of work-organizational interventions during COVID-19: an interview study in German hospitals and long-term care facilities.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Nurses' and midwives' job satisfaction and retention during COVID-19: a scoping review.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- A Uniform for Narrating the Nurse in the Wheel of Time: An Interpretative Phenomenological Study.Nursing open · 2025Article
- Managing the work stress of inpatient nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review of organizational interventions.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- Promoting Well-being: A Scoping Review of Strategies Implemented During the COVID-19 Pandemic to Enhance the Well-being of the Nursing Workforce.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2024Article
- Role satisfaction among community volunteers working in mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics, Waterloo Region, Canada.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Chain mediations of perceived social support and emotional regulation efficacy between role stress and compassion fatigue: insights from the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- The Wounded Healer: A Phenomenological Study on Hospital Nurses Who Contracted COVID-19.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Nursing performance in COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 units: Implications for occupational health.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemArticle
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Abstract
backgroundHealthcare emergency can increase work-related stress and reduce nurses' job satisfaction and quality of life. Managerial decisions and proactive interventions implemented to react to the emergency ensure the best patient outcomes. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to verify whether a proactive organizational approach can limit nurses' work-related stress and help preserve their job satisfaction and quality of life during a health emergency.
methodsA longitudinal mixed methods study was conducted. Data were collected before and after the transformation into a SARS-CoV-2 Hospital and the implementation of organizational interventions. Focus groups were conducted to investigate quantitative data.
findingsAfter the implementation of interventions and as the pandemic progressed, work-related stress decreased and job satisfaction and quality of life increased. DISCUSSION: Through proactive organization, even during an emergency, nurses are prepared for working, and work-related stress due to changes is reduced. Nurses are motivated and satisfied with their organization and management, and quality of life increases.
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