ArticleInternational journal of nursing studies advances2023
Unbearable suffering while working as a nurse during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative descriptive study.
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The Effect of the Role Performance Strengthening Program Based on the Roy Adaptation Model on the Adaptive Performance and Competence of Nurses Working in Pandemic Units
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- Nurses' occupational fatigue level and risk factors: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Challenges in Planning the Hospital Nursing Workforce Under the Government-Led Response to COVID-19 in South Korea: A Descriptive, Qualitative Study.Journal of advanced nursing · 2025Article
- Resilience, Anger, and Insomnia in Nurses after the End of the Pandemic Crisis.Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Factors Contributing to Nurses' Intention to Leave the Profession: A Qualitative Study in Catalonia, Spain, following the Latest Waves of COVID-19.Journal of nursing management · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in negative consequences for nurse well-being, patient care delivery and outcomes, and organizational outcomes. Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of nurses working during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States. Design: This study used a qualitative descriptive design. Settings: The setting for this study was a national sample of nurses working during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States over a period of 18 months. Participants: Convenience and snowball sampling were used to recruit 81 nurses via social media and both national and state listservs. Methods: Using a single question prompt Results: The overarching theme identified was Unbearable Suffering. Three additional themes were identified: 1) Facilitators to Nursing Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2) Barriers to Nursing Practice During the COVID-19 pandemic, with the sub-themes of Barriers Within the Work Environment, Suboptimal Care Delivery, and Negative Consequences for the Nurses; and lastly, 3) the Transitionary Nature of the Pandemic.. Conclusions: The primary finding of this study was that nurses experienced and witnessed unbearable suffering while working during the COVID-19 pandemic that was transitionary in nature. Future research should consider the long-term impacts of this unbearable suffering on nurses. Intervention research should be considered to support nurses who have worked during the COVID-19 pandemic, and mitigate the potential long-term effects. Tweetable abstract: A study on nurses experiences during the pandemic reveals their unbearable suffering. Read here about the reasons nurses are leaving.
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