Wahrnehmungen von Pflegenden im Bereich der Intensivpflege während der COVID-19-Pandemie.

Perceptions of intensive care nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic - A qualitative survey Abstract. Background: While at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic the need for intensive care is increasing, the specific care needs of patients are still largely unknown. This is a challenge for the work of intensive care staff. AIM: The aim of the study is to understand how intensive care nurses perceive their working conditions and the consequences for patient care. METHODS: The study is a qualitative survey. Using a web-based questionnaire, narratives of n = 902 nurses were collected. This article reports the perceptions of n = 397 intensive care nurses. The evaluation is based on the qualitative content analysis according to 18-2Mayring (2015). RESULTS: The analysis of the data shows the following six categories: "The lack of staff is extremely noticeable" to "Waiting for something", "struggle for PPE (personal protective equipment)", "time to learn", "considerable discrepancy" in patient care, "attempts to compensate" and "constantly a bad feeling". The tension between the lack of knowledge and information on the one hand and the professional demand to do justice to the seriously ill and their relatives on the other hand, brings nurses to their professional limits. CONCLUSION: Conditions for ethical decision making have to be developed and concepts for a clear attribution of autonomy and responsibility for intensive care nurses must be introduced.

[Optimising rehabilitative care for people with major amputation - a qualitative study]. / Optimierung der rehabilitativen Versorgungvon Menschen mit Majoramputation - eine qualitative Studie.

This project explored the experiences of people before, during and after lower limb amputation within the health care process by means of a qualitative study. Structured interviews were analysed by way of content analysis to describe the needs of amputees in professionally empowering their self care competences and their health care situation. According to the statements of amputees, they need a continuous and steady health care process to live mobile and independent lives. To realise this need, a permanent health care manager and enduring skills training to cope with the activities of daily living is necessary. Amputees often feel lonely. This study's results form the basis of a new multidisciplinary, client oriented rehabilitation concept.