ArticleNursing ethics2022
A critical incident study of ICU nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Experiences of intensive care unit nurses working with COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Experiences and needs of front-line nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on Acute Care Nurses: An Integrative Review.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Review
- Optimizing Academic-Practice Partnerships to Promote Transition to Nursing Practice.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2026Article
- Moral Stress and Moral Distress: Confronting Challenges in Healthcare Systems under Pressure.The American journal of bioethics : AJOB · 2024Article
- Description and Analysis of Research on Death and Dying during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Published in Nursing Journals Indexed in SCOPUS.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2024Article
- Moral distress and positive experiences of ICU staff during the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned.BMC medical ethics · 2023Article
- Intensive care nurses' lived experience of altruism and sacrifices during the Covid-19 pandemic: A phenomenological study.Journal of advanced nursing · 2023Article
- Canadian critical care nurses experiences on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative descriptive study.BMC nursing · 2022Article
- The extraordinary makes the ordinary visible - nursing students' experiences of their learning in clinical practice during COVID-19: a qualitative study.BMC medical education · 2022Article
- Moving on after critical incidents in health care: A qualitative study of the perspectives and experiences of second victims.Journal of advanced nursing · 2022Article
- Moral Distress, Health and Intention to Leave: Critical Care Nurses' Perceptions During COVID-19 Pandemic.SAGE open nursingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundIntensive care unit nurses are providing care to COVID-19 patients in a stressful environment. Understanding intensive care unit nurses' sources of distress is important when planning interventions to support them. PURPOSE: To describe Canadian intensive care unit nurse experiences providing care to COVID-19 patients during the second wave of the pandemic.
designQualitative descriptive component within a larger mixed-methods study. PARTICIPANTS AND RESEARCH CONTEXT: Participants were invited to write down their experiences of a critical incident, which distressed them when providing nursing care. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS: The study was approved by the ethics committee at the researchers' university in eastern Canada.
resultsA total of 111 critical incidents were written by 108 nurses. Four themes were found: (1) managing the pandemic, (2) witness to families' grief, (3) our safety, and (4) futility of care. Many nurses' stories also focused on the organizational preparedness of their institutions and concerns over their own safety. DISCUSSION: Nurses experienced moral distress in relation to family and patient issues. Situations related to insufficient institutional support, patient, and family traumas, as well as safety issues have left nurses deeply distressed.
conclusionIdentifying situations that distress intensive care unit nurses can lead to targeted interventions mitigating their negative consequences by providing a safe work environment and improving nurses' well-being.
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