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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Experiences of Nurse Managers during the COVID-19 Outbreak in a Selected District Hospital in Limpopo Province, South Africa.

Idah Moyo, Siyabulela Eric Mgolozeli, Patrone Rebecca Risenga, Sheilla Hlamalani Mboweni, Livhuwani Tshivhase, Tshimangadzo Selina Mudau, Nthomeni Dorah Ndou, Azwihangwisi Helen Mavhandu-Mudzusi

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Idah MoyoDepartment of Health Studies, School of Social Sciences, College of Human Sciences, University of South Africa, Preller Street, Muckleneuk Ridge, Pretoria 0002, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-6122-8151
Siyabulela Eric MgolozeliDepartment of Health Studies, School of Social Sciences, College of Human Sciences, University of South Africa, Preller Street, Muckleneuk Ridge, Pretoria 0002, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-1271-0021
Patrone Rebecca RisengaDepartment of Health Studies, School of Social Sciences, College of Human Sciences, University of South Africa, Preller Street, Muckleneuk Ridge, Pretoria 0002, South Africa.
Sheilla Hlamalani MboweniDepartment of Health Studies, School of Social Sciences, College of Human Sciences, University of South Africa, Preller Street, Muckleneuk Ridge, Pretoria 0002, South Africa.
Livhuwani TshivhaseDepartment of Nursing Science, School of Health Care Sciences, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Molotlegi Street, Ga-Rankuwa, Pretoria 0204, South Africa.
Tshimangadzo Selina MudauDepartment of Nursing Science, School of Health Care Sciences, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Molotlegi Street, Ga-Rankuwa, Pretoria 0204, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-6826-8316
Nthomeni Dorah NdouDepartment of Advanced Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Venda, University Road, Thohoyandou 0950, South Africa.
Azwihangwisi Helen Mavhandu-MudzusiDepartment of Health Studies, School of Social Sciences, College of Human Sciences, University of South Africa, Preller Street, Muckleneuk Ridge, Pretoria 0002, South Africa.
University of South Africa · ZASefako Makgatho Health Sciences University · ZAUniversity of Venda · ZA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The South African health care system was hard hit by the second wave of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which affected nurse managers as healthcare facilities became overwhelmed due to an increased workload emanating from the overflow of admissions. Therefore, this study sought to explore and describe the nurse managers' experiences during COVID-19 in order to identify gaps and lessons learnt. A descriptive phenomenological research approach was used to explore the experiences of ten nurse managers who were purposively selected from different units of a selected district hospital. Data was collected through telephonic unstructured individual interviews and analysed using Colaizzi's seven steps method. The study revealed that nurse managers experienced human resource related challenges during COVID-19, worsened by the fact that vacant posts were frozen. It also emerged that there was a shortage of material resources that affected patient care. Nurse managers also indicated that COVID-19 brought a lot of administrative duties plus an additional duty of patient care. Also, nurse managers who had previously contracted COVID-19 experienced stigma and discrimination. The government needs to address resource related challenges in rural public hospitals and provide continuous support to nurse managers, particularly during a pandemic like COVID-19.

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