Experiences and perspectives of nurses infected with COVID-19: A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis.

This qualitative systematic review aims to comprehensively understand the experiences and perspectives of nurses infected with COVID-19, addressing a significant gap in the current literature. Following the JBI meta-synthesis approach, a rigorous search was conducted across nine electronic databases and references until January 16, 2023. Seventeen eligible studies underwent quality assessment using the JBI critical checklist. Data were synthesized using standardized tools, and the ConQual tool evaluated confidence in the findings. Seven key findings emerged, providing valuable insights into emotional experiences, adaptation to COVID-19 challenges, influence of support systems, coping strategies, posttraumatic growth perceptions, and effects on professional identity and career advancement. The findings highlight emotional toll, adaptive strategies, and professional implications for nurses. Moreover, they emphasize the importance of support systems, coping mechanisms, and posttraumatic growth in promoting nurses' well-being and resilience. These insights have practical implications for targeted interventions and support mechanisms to enhance infected nurses' well-being and improve healthcare outcomes.

Nurse-led care for people with early rheumatoid arthritis: Interview study with thematic analysis.

AIMS: To develop an understanding of what comprises nurse-led care in early rheumatoid arthritis from the perspective of rheumatology nurse specialists in England. DESIGN: Qualitative study. METHODS: Semi-structured telephone interviews with rheumatology nurse specialists in England were conducted in Summer 2020. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. Reporting follows the appropriate elements of consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research. RESULTS: Sixteen nurses were recruited and interviews lasted 30-60 min. Four themes with 14 subthemes were identified. A SPECIALIST SERVICE DELIVERED BY EXPERIENCED RHEUMATOLOGY NURSES: Specialist care is provided by experienced nurse specialists with a high degree of autonomy in the rheumatology multidisciplinary team context. ADDRESSING PATIENTS' COMPLEX CARE NEEDS: Care is evidence-based and aims to start treatment, keep in treatment, educate and support. Access to psychology expertise is needed. CARE WITH COMPASSION USING PERSON-CENTRED, HOLISTIC AND EMPATHETIC APPROACHES: Nurses create patient relationships and a positive therapeutic environment. Nurse-led telephone advice lines are essential for treatment adjustment, patient support and empowerment. CONTINUED EVALUATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SERVICE: Consultations are reviewed, and patients are asked for feedback. The COVID-19 pandemic caused disruption, but changes streamlined procedures and improved documentation and communication. CONCLUSION: Nurse-led care in early rheumatoid arthritis is a specialist service delivered with compassion, addressing complex care needs and using person-centred approaches. This study identifies key aspects of care in early disease from the nurse perspective.

The role of critical care nurses in shared decision-making for patients with severe heart failure: A qualitative study.

AIM: Patients with severe heart failure undergo highly invasive and advanced therapies with uncertain treatment outcomes. For these patients, shared decision-making is necessary. To date, the nursing perspective of the decision-making process for patients facing difficulties and how nurses can support patients in this process have not been fully elucidated. This study aimed to clarify the perceptions of critical care nurses regarding situations with patients with severe heart failure that require difficult decision-making, and their role in supporting these patients. METHODS: Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 certified nurse specialists in critical care nursing at nine hospitals in Japan. A qualitative inductive method was used and the derived relationships among the themes were visually structured and represented. RESULTS: The nurses' perceptions on patients' difficult situations in decision-making were identified as follows: painful decisions under uncertainties; tense relationships; wavering emotions during decision-making; difficulties in coping with worsening medical conditions; patients' wishes that are difficult to realize or estimate; and difficulties in transitioning from advanced medical care. Critical care nurses' roles were summarized into six themes and performed collaboratively within the nursing team. Of these, the search for meaning and value was fundamental. Two positions underpin the role of critical care nurses. The first aims to provide direct support and includes partnerships and rights advocacy. The second aims to provide a holistic perspective to enable necessary adjustments, as indicated by situation assessments and mediation. By crossing various boundaries, co-creating, and forming a good circular relationship in the search for meaning and values, the possibility of expanding treatment and recuperation options may be considered. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with severe heart failure have difficulty participating in shared decision-making. Critical care nurses should collaborate within the nursing team to improve interprofessional shared decision-making by providing decisional support to patients that focuses on values and meaning.

The healing arts.

ABSTRACT: Art asks of us some measure of curiosity and then rewards our curiosity with an affirmation of the desire to explore self, others, and the world. A psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner describes his path into nursing and the nurse practitioner role, informed by and informing his art.

Atuação da Enfermagem com pacientes acometidos de transtornos alimentares: análise de filmes e documentários / Nursing performance with patients suffering from eating disorders: analysis of films and documentaries / Cuidados de enfermería con pacientes que sufren trastornos alimentarios: análisis de películas y documentales

Objetivo: analisar a atuação da Enfermagem junto a pacientes com transtornos alimentares em filmes sobre o assunto. Método: trata-se de um estudo descritivo-exploratório desenvolvido a partir de dados secundários. Utilizaram-se a base de dados cinematográfica Internet Move Database e descritores em português e inglês, que foram: "anorexia", "bulimia" e/ou "transtornos alimentares". Adotaram-se como critérios de inclusão: criações audiovisuais produzidas entre 1998 e 2020; o conteúdo estar disponível nas plataformas de streaming elencadas; as criações terem áudio e/ou legendas em português; e o filme ter alguma cena com o profissional de Enfermagem. Seis mídias atenderam a esses critérios e foram analisadas a partir de um roteiro que investiga a abordagem da Enfermagem no tratamento dos transtornos alimentares. Para elencar a produção mais indicada para finalidade didática, foram considerados seis critérios objetivos. Resultados: a maioria dos enredos veiculou a Enfermagem de modo estereotipado e com pouca autonomia, além de atribuir uma postura de "mau" ou "bom ajudante do médico" a esses profissionais. Embora nenhum enredo tenha atendido a todos os critérios objetivos de maneira satisfatória, a produção audiovisual que correspondeu à maior parte dos critérios foi aquela indicada para a finalidade didática. Conclusão: as produções, de um modo geral, condizem mais com o modelo médico assistencialista, na qual o enfermeiro desenvolve ações de prevalência tecnicistas, de supervisão e desintegradas da equipe multiprofissional em detrimento do modelo biopsicossocial, o qual demanda raciocínio clínico, pensamento crítico e conhecimento científico fundamentado.(AU)

Objective: to analyze the performance of Nursing with patients with eating disorders in films about the subject. Method: this is a descriptive-exploratory study developed from secondary data. The film database Internet Move Database and descriptors in Portuguese and English were used, which were: "anorexia", "bulimia" and/or "eating disorders". The following inclusion criteria were adopted: audiovisual creations produced between 1998 and 2020; the content is available on the listed streaming platforms; the creations have audio and/or subtitles in Portuguese; and the film has a scene with the Nursing professional. Six media met these criteria and were analyzed based on a script that investigates Nursing's approach to the treatment of eating disorders. To list the most suitable production for didactic purposes, six objective criteria were considered. Results: most plots conveyed Nursing in a stereotyped way and with little autonomy, in addition to attributing a "bad" or "good doctor's helper" attitude to these professionals. Although no plot met all the objective criteria satisfactorily, the audiovisual production that met most of the criteria was the one indicated for didactic purposes. Conclusion: the productions, in general, are more in line with the medical care model, in which the nurse develops actions that are technical, supervisory, and disintegrated from the multidisciplinary team to the detriment of the biopsychosocial model, which demands clinical reasoning, critical thinking and grounded scientific knowledge.(AU)

Objetivo: analizar los cuidados de enfermería frente a pacientes con trastornos alimentarios en películas sobre el tema. Método: se trata de un estudio descriptivo-exploratorio desarrollado a partir de datos secundarios. Se utilizó la base de datos cinematográfica "Internet Move Database" y las palabras clave en portugués e inglés, las cuales fueron: "anorexia", "bulimia" y/o "trastornos alimentarios". Fueron adoptados los siguientes criterios de inclusión: creaciones audiovisuales producidas entre los años 1998 y 2020; el contenido estar disponible en las plataformas de streaming listadas; tener audio y/o subtítulos en portugués; y alguna escena con el profesional de Enfermería. Seis medios cumplieron estos criterios y fueron analizados a...(AU)

A Vanguard Approach to the Design and Delivery of Nurse-Led Survivorship Care.

OBJECTIVES: Survivorship care is an essential component of quality cancer care. Although nurses are uniquely positioned to deliver effective and efficient nurse-led survivorship care, they report that their experiences of survivorship care provision are fragmented, under-resourced, and often distressing for the patient. DATA SOURCES: Here we report the culmination of a 4-year program of research and more than a decade of nurse-led work, to improve the survivorship care experience for men with prostate cancer comprising of: (1) the evolution of a national specialist prostate cancer nursing service; (2) a nursing Delphi study to determine prostate cancer survivorship care experiences and priorities; (3) the development of the Prostate Cancer Survivorship Essentials Framework, which provides a road map for improving quality prostate cancer survivorship care across a variety of settings; and (4) the translation of the framework into nursing practice through the development of My Personal Plan, a person-centered, evidence-informed survivorship care plan. CONCLUSION: Through the leadership of a national prostate cancer specialist nursing service, the provision of a coordinated, evidence-informed person-centered survivorship care service is now achievable. This program of work has demonstrated that irrespective of the setting or mode of delivery, specialist nurses involved in the care of men with prostate cancer and their families are leading best practice through the translation of evidence into everyday clinical practice. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: There is an urgent need to address the significant challenges that a prostate cancer diagnosis can bring, and nurses are at the forefront and lead survivorship care delivery, which includes: (1) routine distress screening and referral to tailored evidence-based psychological care; (2) the provision of person-centered care that connects to effective symptom management; (3) self-management support; and (4) signposting to additional services which extend beyond the acute care setting.

Assistência à saúde mental nos serviços médicos de emergência: revisão integrativa / Asistencia a la salud mental en los servicios médicos de emergencia: revisión integrativa / Mental health care in emergency medical services: an integrative review

Objetivos: conhecer as características da assistência à saúde mental dispensada por profissionais de enfermagem nos serviços médicos de emergência. Método: revisão integrativa de literatura nas bases de dados Literatura Latino-Americano e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS), Publisher Medline (PUBMED), SciVerse Scopus (SCOPUS) e Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), no período de março a junho de 2023, utilizando-se critérios de inclusão e exclusão previamente definidos. Resultados: obteve-se uma amostra final de 59 artigos os quais foram agrupados nas seguintes categorias temáticas: concepções em saúde mental, comunicação, intervenções, atendimento em rede, competência em cuidado em saúde mental e barreiras durante os atendimentos. Conclusão: o cuidado é feito de forma incipiente e permeado por elementos dificultadores. Os achados do presente estudo servem para rever e repensar práticas e políticas de cuidado em saúde mental e promover estratégias de aperfeiçoamento dos processos de trabalho.

Objetivos: conocer las características de la asistencia a la salud mental dispensada por profesionales de enfermería en los servicios médicos de emergencia. Método: revisión integrativa de literatura en las bases de datos Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe en Ciencias de la Salud (LILACS), Publisher Medline (PUBMED), SciVerse Scopus (SCOPUS) y Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), en el período de marzo a junio de 2023, utilizando criterios de inclusión y exclusión previamente definidos. Resultados: se obtuvo una muestra final de 59 artículos los cuales fueron agrupados en las siguientes categorías temáticas: concepciones en salud mental, comunicación, intervenciones, atención en red, competencia en atención en salud mental y barreras durante los atendimientos. Conclusión: el cuidado es hecho de forma incipiente y permeado por elementos difíciles. Los hallazgos del presente estudio sirven para revisar y repensar prácticas y políticas de cuidado en salud mental y promover estrategias de perfeccionamiento de los procesos de trabajo.

Objective: to know the characteristics of mental health care provided by nursing professionals in emergency medical services. Method: integrative literature review in the databases Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS), Publisher Medline (PUBMED), SciVerse Scopus (SCOPUS) and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), from March to June 2023, using previously defined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: the final sample included 59 articles, which were grouped into the following thematic categories: conceptions in mental health, communication, interventions, network care, competence in mental health care and barriers during care. Conclusion: care is done incipient and permeated by difficult elements. The findings of this study serve to review and rethink mental health care practices and policies and promote strategies for improving work processes.

Perceptions of public health nursing Team Leaders (TLs) and Team Supervisors (TSs) on nurse's development in Fiji.

BACKGROUND: Nurse team leaders are responsible for contributing to managing the quality of service delivery and facility output of their nurses to ensure there is a high quality of care delivered by the health system. This study aimed to explore the perceptions of public health nursing Team Leaders (TLs) and public health nursing Team Supervisors (TSs) on nurses' development in Fiji. METHODS: A qualitative study was used to gather information using in-depth phone interviews among TLs and TSs comprising Chief Midwifery Nursing Officer (CMNO), Director of Nursing (DON), Sub-divisional Nursing Managers (SDNMs), acting SDNMs and Nursing Manager (NM) at Central health division in Fiji. The data was collected through semi-structured open-ended questionnaires and were audio recorded. The data was analyzed using manual thematic analysis process. RESULTS: The study comprised of 26 participants, which included 10 TSs and 16 TLs. Four themes were identified for the results amongst TSs and TLs: ethical development; professional development; psychological development; and recommendations. However, nine sub- themes were identified for TSs and eight sub-themes were identified for the result amongst TLs. CONCLUSION: This study highlighted that TLs and TSs elaborated on the need for the ethical, professional, psychological development, nursing development and also on the importance of policies and guidelines. Professional ethics should be integrated into the Continuous Profession Development (CPD) points that are used to renew yearly nursing licenses as well as exposing the need for having competencies on professional ethics in nurses' logbooks. Further research is needed to determine the in-depth barriers.

Helping Patients Access Mental Health Services.

Tips for nurses on addressing this widespread challenge.

Nurse's experience in giving nursing care to Covid-19 patients.

Objective: The objective was to describe Nurse's experience in giving nursing care to covid-19 patients. Method: Phenomenology design was used in this study. Participants in this study were nurses who provided nursing care for COVID-19 patients. Participant data were obtained from the nursing office and contacted via cell phone to become participants. After data saturation the researcher found six nurses as participants. In-depth interviews were conducted from July to August 2020 to explore the experiences of nurses giving nursing care to Covid-19 patients. Data was analyzed using the Colaizzi method. Result: We found five themes of nurses giving nursing care to Covid-19 patients. The themes include the Motivation of nurses to provide nursing care during the COVID-19 pandemic, the nurse emotional response, the patient emotional response, the problems faced by COVID-19 nurses, and the expectations of the nurses. Conclusion: Nurses need support while giving nursing care to Covid-19 patients to break Covid-19 transmission.

Nurse preceptors' perceptions of benefits, rewards, support, and commitment to the preceptor role in a new preceptorship program.

BACKGROUND: Nurse preceptorship is a new concept emerging in the Iranian health care system. The purpose of this research was to assess preceptor nurses' perceived benefits, rewards, support, and commitment to the role in a new nurse preceptorship program in Iran and to examine the relationships between these concepts. METHODS: A descriptive correlational study was employed, and using total population sampling method, 45 preceptor nurses were recruited from a tertiary referral teaching hospital in Iran. Data were collected using the Preceptor's Perception of Benefits and Rewards Scale, the Preceptor's Perception of Support Scale, and the Commitment to the Preceptor Role Scale. Descriptive statistics and correlational analysis were used to analyse data. RESULTS: Preceptors' commitment to their role was positively and moderately associated with their perceived benefits and rewards (r = 0.503, p = 0.001) and perceived support (r = 0.430, p = 0.003). None of the examined demographic and practice variables showed statistically significant association with commitment to the preceptor role. CONCLUSIONS: Commitment to the preceptor role was associated with benefits, rewards and support that preceptor nurses perceive in relation to their role. To optimise the effectiveness of nurse preceptorship programs, benefits, rewards, recognition, and support should be integral to planning of these programs.

The development of nurse prescribing in mental health services: Outcomes from five national surveys 2004-2019.

AIM: This study aimed to explore data from national surveys of nurse prescribing in England's National Health Service mental health services. BACKGROUND: Nurse prescribing is increasing worldwide. Reports describing long-term developments after implementation are rare. METHODS: Five surveys were distributed to all mental health organisations between 2004 and 2019. RESULTS: Response rates increased from 54% (n = 45/83) in 2004 to 79% (n = 42/53) in 2019. The estimated proportion of mental health nurses who were prescribers increased to 4.3% by 2019. Distribution between clinical practice areas did not change significantly over time, with the largest numbers in community mental health teams. The proportion of nurse prescribers actively prescribing increased from 76.4% in 2014 to 87.8% in 2019. Independent prescribing became the predominant approach, with supplementary prescribing rarely used as the sole model within organisations. The scale of implementation varied markedly between organisations. CONCLUSIONS: Although nurse prescribing in mental health services has grown over time, growth has slowed and is variable at local level. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT: Organisations considering the introduction or growth of nurse prescribing should note the evidenced preference for an independent prescribing model to date and consider how to avoid unwarranted variation in nurse prescriber role distribution.

Cognitive preceptorship: An emerging nurse practitioner role transition to practice model.

BACKGROUND: Transition to practice is difficult for nurse practitioners (NP) pre and post-graduation. At the core of NPs' successful transition to practice is clinical education. There is a lack of theoretical knowledge to guide NPs' transition to practice through preceptorship. The current academic clinical education model and onboarding process in clinical settings require restructuring. Preceptorship is the most important element of NPs' transition to practice; it is in need of restructuring. There is a need for evidence to guide the restructuring of pre and post-graduation NP preceptorship. AIM: This paper aims to provide a description and application of the Cognitive Preceptorship Model to the nurse practitioner role transition process. METHOD: An extensive literature review of NPs' preceptorship during role transition was conducted and the Cognitive Preceptorship Model (CPM) derived from the literature review of other theories and models: the Schlossberg's Transition Theory; Collin's et al. Cognitive Apprenticeship Model;. and Barnes's NP transition attributes. The CPM model's concepts and application to practice are described; included is a description of preceptorship, CPM model origination, as well as CPM model concepts and application. CONCLUSION: The CPM model's concepts guide the specific application of the preceptorship process to both NP students and novice NPs' transition to practice pre and post-graduation.

Acceptability of a nurse-led non-pharmacological complex intervention for knee pain: Nurse and patient views and experiences.

OBJECTIVES: The overall purpose of this research programme is to develop and test the feasibility of a complex intervention for knee pain delivered by a nurse, and comprising both non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions. In this first phase, we examined the acceptability of the non-pharmacological component of the intervention; issues faced in delivery, and resolved possible challenges to delivery. METHODS: Eighteen adults with chronic knee pain were recruited from the community. The intervention comprised holistic assessment, education, exercise, weight-loss advice (where appropriate) and advice on adjunctive treatments such as hot/cold treatments, footwear modification and walking aids. After nurse training, the intervention was delivered in four sessions spread over five weeks. Participants had one to one semi-structured interview at the end of the intervention. The nurse was interviewed after the last visit of the last participant. These were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim. Themes were identified by one author through framework analysis of the transcripts, and cross-checked by another. RESULTS: Most participants found the advice from the nurse easy to follow and were satisfied with the package, though some felt that too much information was provided too soon. The intervention changed their perception of managing knee pain, learning that it can be improved with self-management. However, participants thought that the most challenging part of the intervention was fitting the exercise regime into their daily routine. The nurse found discussion of goal setting to be challenging. CONCLUSION: The nurse-led package of care is acceptable within a research setting. The results are promising and will be applied in a feasibility randomised-controlled trial.

Nurses' Perspectives of Their Impact While Serving on Boards.

OBJECTIVE: The study objective was to identify nurses' perceptions of their impact while serving on boards. BACKGROUND: Nurse leaders serving as voting board members are key experts for board effectiveness and may be associated with stronger performing organizations. Extant research indicates that nurse leaders are qualified for board service; however, no research explores the impact of nurses on boards. METHODS: We conducted an exploratory qualitative study by interviewing 20 nurses serving on boards. Hermeneutic analysis of the data resulted in 1 overarching pattern and 7 traversing themes. RESULTS: Nurses who serve on boards reported leveraging expert knowledge of healthcare and caring wisdom to influence strategic thinking to meet stakeholder needs. CONCLUSION: Nurses promote effective board governance by ensuring that the perspectives and needs of all stakeholders are represented in board processes. We recommend health-related organization executives and board leaders appoint nurses as voting members of their governing boards.

The Top News Stories of 2021: Nursing: A Profession Reshaped by COVID-19.

The pandemic has brought new public awareness of nursing's role.

Forever Changed: RNs Speak of their COVID-19 Experiences through a System-Wide Nursing Web Site.

A COVID19RNStories website allowed RNs in this integrated health system to "tell their stories" during the recent pandemic. From April to August 2020, approximately 100 items were posted with 4 themes emerging. COVID19RNStories had no preconceived hypotheses or specific questions to answer: RNs shared whatever they felt was relevant to their experiences. This approach provided real-time information on issues and concerns of RNs during the 1st wave of COVID-19. This article discusses the identified themes with recommendations for nursing leaders to support staff during the pandemic and future unexpected emergency situations.

A scoping review of nurse-led advance care planning.

BACKGROUND: Advance care planning (ACP) supports persons at any age or health status to determine their values, goals, and preferences regarding future medical care. The American Nurses Association endorses nurses to facilitate ACP to promote patient- and family-centered care. PURPOSE: This project reviewed and synthesized literature on nurse-led ACP training models. METHODS: A scoping review used the Arksey and O'Malley Framework to identify: (a) ACP training model type, (b) nurse-led ACP recipients, (c) ACP in special populations, (d) ACP outcomes. FINDINGS: Of 33 articles reviewed, 19 included 11 established models; however, the primary finding was lack of a clearly identified evidence-based nurse-led ACP training model. DISCUSSION: Nurses are integral team members, well positioned to be a bridge of communication between patients and care providers. This is a call to action for nurse leaders, researchers, educators to collaborate to identify and implement an evidence-based, effective nurse-led ACP training model.