Managing the nursing shortage during the Covid-19 pandemic: A qualitative study
Background: Nursing care contributes to the safety and the quality of care of patients. During the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses became frontline care providers. Materials and Methods: A qualitative study was conducted using an online focus group discussion of eight nurse committee members from six hosp...
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| author | Rr Tutik Sri Hariyati Hanny Handiyani Erwin Erwin Sri Widawati Welas Riyanto Rita Herawati Patricia S Lasmani I Gusti A. Nyoman |
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| description | Background: Nursing care contributes to the safety and the quality of care of patients. During the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses became frontline care providers. Materials and Methods: A qualitative study was conducted using an online focus group discussion of eight nurse committee members from six hospitals. After the data were collected, the study continued with inductive thematic analysis. The data were organized and extracted to identify meaningful statements and formulate meanings. Inductive thematic analysis was used, resulting in three themes and six subthemes. Results: The themes related to managing the nursing workforce, schedules, rosters, shifts, goals of re-design staffing, and the nurse-patient ratio. Conclusions: The management of the nursing staffing was modified to protect nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The nurse manager redesigned workforce planning to ensure a safe environment for nurses. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eada1d8bb4a540ab920074490d0dc8b72023-02-16T12:24:54ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research1735-90662023-01-0128111812110.4103/ijnmr.ijnmr_127_21Managing the nursing shortage during the Covid-19 pandemic: A qualitative studyRr Tutik Sri HariyatiHanny HandiyaniErwin ErwinSri WidawatiWelas RiyantoRita HerawatiPatricia S LasmaniI Gusti A. NyomanBackground: Nursing care contributes to the safety and the quality of care of patients. During the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses became frontline care providers. Materials and Methods: A qualitative study was conducted using an online focus group discussion of eight nurse committee members from six hospitals. After the data were collected, the study continued with inductive thematic analysis. The data were organized and extracted to identify meaningful statements and formulate meanings. Inductive thematic analysis was used, resulting in three themes and six subthemes. Results: The themes related to managing the nursing workforce, schedules, rosters, shifts, goals of re-design staffing, and the nurse-patient ratio. Conclusions: The management of the nursing staffing was modified to protect nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The nurse manager redesigned workforce planning to ensure a safe environment for nurses.http://www.ijnmrjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-9066;year=2023;volume=28;issue=1;spage=118;epage=121;aulast=Sricovid-19nurse managerstaffing and scheduling |
| spellingShingle | Rr Tutik Sri Hariyati Hanny Handiyani Erwin Erwin Sri Widawati Welas Riyanto Rita Herawati Patricia S Lasmani I Gusti A. Nyoman Managing the nursing shortage during the Covid-19 pandemic: A qualitative study Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research covid-19 nurse manager staffing and scheduling |
| title | Managing the nursing shortage during the Covid-19 pandemic: A qualitative study |
| title_full | Managing the nursing shortage during the Covid-19 pandemic: A qualitative study |
| title_fullStr | Managing the nursing shortage during the Covid-19 pandemic: A qualitative study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Managing the nursing shortage during the Covid-19 pandemic: A qualitative study |
| title_short | Managing the nursing shortage during the Covid-19 pandemic: A qualitative study |
| title_sort | managing the nursing shortage during the covid 19 pandemic a qualitative study |
| topic | covid-19 nurse manager staffing and scheduling |
| url | http://www.ijnmrjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-9066;year=2023;volume=28;issue=1;spage=118;epage=121;aulast=Sri |
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