‘Who will do it if I don’t?’ : Nurse anaesthetists’ experiences of working in the intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic
| Autor: | David Lagerroth, Jenny Hallgren, Malin Kjellén, Caroline A. Bäckström, Margaretha Larsson |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Critical Care
media_common.quotation_subject Certification Nursing Emergency Nursing Critical Care Nursing law.invention law Intensive care Health care Pandemic Humans Medicine Pandemics Nurse Anesthetists media_common Notice SARS-CoV-2 business.industry Omvårdnad COVID-19 Workload Intensive care unit Intensive Care Units Feeling Emergency business Research Paper |
| Zdroj: | Australian Critical Care |
| Popis: | Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the workload on the intensive care unit (ICU) increased nationally in Sweden as well as globally. Certified registered nurse anaesthetics (CRNAs) in Sweden were transferred at short notice to work with seriously ill patients with COVID-19 in the ICU, which is not part of the CRNAs’ specialist area. However, limited research has shed light on healthcare professionals’ experiences of the pandemic. Objectives: This study illuminates CRNAs’ experiences of working in the ICU during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This study used a qualitative method with an inductive approach to interview nurse anaesthetists’ who worked in the ICU during the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings: The participants experienced ambivalent feelings towards their work in the ICU. They also lacked information, which created feelings of uncertainty and resulted in expectations that did not correspond to the reality. They described that due to an inadequate introduction, they could only provide “sufficient” care, which in many cases caused ethical stress. Not being able to get to know their new colleagues well enough to create effective cooperation created frustration. Even though the participants experienced the work in the ICU as demanding and challenging, overall, they enjoyed their time in the ICU and were treated well by their colleagues. Conclusions: While CRNAs cannot replace intensive care nurses (ICNs), they are a useful resource in the ICU in the care of patients with COVID-19. Healthcare workers who are allocated from their ordinary units to the ICU need adequate information and support from their work managers to be able to provide the best possible care and to stay healthy themselves. CC BY 4.0Correspondence to: Jenny Hallgren, School of Health Sciences, University of Skövde, Skövde, SwedenAvailable online 19 November 2021 |
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