Trial reportPloS one2022
A qualitative study of reinforcement workers' perceptions and experiences of working in intensive care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A PsyCOVID-ICU substudy.
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- Nurse Managers' Experiences and Competency Requirements in the Care of Patients with Emerging Infectious Diseases: A Meta-Synthesis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Workers' Psychological Distress During the Early Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil: A Cross-Sectional Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Healthcare team resilience during COVID-19: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- "Who Takes Care of Carers?": Experiences of Intensive Care Unit Nurses in the Acute Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Nurse managers' experience during the COVID-19 pandemic in China: A qualitative study.Nursing open · 2023Article
- The construction and practice of a standardized nursing service system based on the designated hospital for the treatment of COVID-19 in China.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2023Article
- ICU stays that are judged to be non-beneficial: A qualitative study of the perception of nursing staff.PloS one · 2023Article
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on critical care healthcare professionals' work practices and wellbeing: A qualitative study.Australian critical care : official journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses · 2023Article
- The Lived Experiences of Nurses Caring for Patients With COVID-19 in Arabian Gulf Countries: A Multisite Descriptive Phenomenological Study.Global qualitative nursing researchArticle
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Abstract
purposeDuring the COVID pandemic, many hospitals had to mobilize reinforcement healthcare workers, especially in intensive care (ICUs). We investigated the perceptions and experiences of reinforcement workers deployed to ICUs, and the impact of deployment on their personal and professional lives.
methodsFor this qualitative study, a random sample of 30 reinforcement workers was drawn from 4 centres participating in the larger PsyCOVID-ICU study. Individual semi-structured interviews were held, recorded, transcribed and analyzed by thematic analysis.
resultsThirty interviews were performed from April to May 2021 (22 nurses, 2 anesthesiology nurses, 6 nurses' aides). Average age was 36.8±9.5 years; 7 participants had no ICU experience. Four major themes emerged, namely: (1) Difficulties with integration, especially for those with no ICU experience; (2) lack of training; (3) difficulties with management, notably a feeling of insufficient communication; (4) Mental distress relating to the unusual work and fear of contaminating their entourage.
conclusionHealthcare workers deployed as reinforcements to ICUs at the height of the pandemic had a unique experience of the crisis, and identified important gaps in organisation and preparation. They also suffered from a marked lack of training, given the stakes in the management of critically ill patients in the ICU.
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