SynthesisFrontiers in public health2022
Experiences of intensive care unit nurses working with COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies.
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- Experiences of team collaboration among intensive care nurses during COVID-19: a qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
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- Crisis management process of intensive care nurse managers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a descriptive qualitative study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Framing the Multi-Centre Qualitative Research Design as a Novel Methodology for Nursing and Healthcare Research: Reflections and A Methodological Discussion.Journal of advanced nursing · 2025Article
- Creativity and job satisfaction among nurses in iran: a descriptive-correlational study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Critical care nurses role and scope of practice during a global crisis: a qualitative study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
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- Care intertwined with anxiety and helplessness: the experiences of ICU nurses from COVID-19 disease's end of life-a qualitative study.BMJ open · 2025Article
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- Lifestyle habits associated with elevated depressive symptoms among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
- Impact of SARS-CoV-2 variants on COVID-19 symptomatology and severity during five waves.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Impact of COVID-19 on Sleep, Anxiety, and Depression Among Medical Call Center Staff: Insights from a January 2021 Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2024Article
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Abstract
Objectives: Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurses are at the forefront of fighting and treating the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and are often directly exposed to this virus and at risk of disease, due to their direct care for infected patients. This study aims to synthesize the experiences of ICU nurses working with COVID-19 patients. Methods: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies were undertaken. A systematic literature search in four databases, including Web of Sciences, Scopus, Embase, and PubMed (including Medline), was performed. Original qualitative studies and the qualitative section of mixed method studies, written in English, which focused on the experiences of only ICU nurses working with COVID-19 patients, were included. Results: Seventeen qualitative studies and two mixed-method studies were included in the review. As a result of the inductive content analysis, six main categories were identified, as follows: "distance from holistic nursing," "psychosocial experiences," "efforts for self-protection and wellbeing," "organizational inefficiency," "job burnout," and "emerging new experiences in the workplace." Conclusions: The findings from this study suggest that healthcare authorities and policymakers can facilitate the provision of high-quality patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic through appropriate planning to provide adequate support and training, prevent shortages of nursing staff and equipment, and provide adequate attention to the psychological needs and job satisfaction of ICU nurses. Systematic review registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=256070, identifier: CRD42021256070.
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