TY - JOUR
T1 - Nursing care during COVID-19 at non-COVID-19 hospital units: A qualitative study
AU - Jørgensen, Lone
AU - Pedersen, Birgith
AU - Lerbæk, Birgitte
AU - Haslund-Thomsen, Helle
AU - Thorup, Charlotte Brun
AU - Albrechtsen, Maja Thomsen
AU - Jacobsen, Sara
AU - Nielsen, Marie Germund
AU - Kusk, Kathrine Hoffmann
AU - Laugesen, Britt
AU - Voldbjerg, Siri Lygum
AU - Grønkjær, Mette
AU - Bundgaard, Karin
PY - 2021/10/19
Y1 - 2021/10/19
N2 - The maintenance of physical distance, the absence of relatives and the relocation of registered nurses to COVID-19 units presumably affects nursing care at non-COVID-19 units. Using a qualitative design, this study explored registered nurses? experiences of how COVID-19 influenced nursing care in non-COVID-19 units at a Danish university hospital during the first wave of the virus. The study is reported using the COREQ checklist. The analysis offered two findings: (1) the challenge of an increased workload for registered nurses remaining in non-COVID-19 units and (2) the difficulty of navigating the contradictory needs for both closeness to and distance from patients. The study concluded that several factors challenged nursing care in non-COVID-19 units during the COVID-19 pandemic. These may have decreased the amount of contact between patients and registered nurses, which may have contributed to a task-oriented approach to nursing care, leading to missed nursing care.
AB - The maintenance of physical distance, the absence of relatives and the relocation of registered nurses to COVID-19 units presumably affects nursing care at non-COVID-19 units. Using a qualitative design, this study explored registered nurses? experiences of how COVID-19 influenced nursing care in non-COVID-19 units at a Danish university hospital during the first wave of the virus. The study is reported using the COREQ checklist. The analysis offered two findings: (1) the challenge of an increased workload for registered nurses remaining in non-COVID-19 units and (2) the difficulty of navigating the contradictory needs for both closeness to and distance from patients. The study concluded that several factors challenged nursing care in non-COVID-19 units during the COVID-19 pandemic. These may have decreased the amount of contact between patients and registered nurses, which may have contributed to a task-oriented approach to nursing care, leading to missed nursing care.
U2 - 10.1177/20571585211047429
DO - 10.1177/20571585211047429
M3 - Journal article
JO - Nordic Journal of Nursing Research
JF - Nordic Journal of Nursing Research
SN - 2057-1585
ER -