The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the perioperative transition to specialty practice program.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To understand how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted nurse educators' and novice nurses' experience with the perioperative transition to specialty practice program.

Design

A qualitative descriptive study.

Methods

Semi-structured interviews were conducted with five perioperative nurse educators and five perioperative transition to specialty practice program participants from a major metropolitan health service in Melbourne. Data were collected between April and July 2021. Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim, and data were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis.

Results

Five themes were identified. The value of the perioperative transition to specialty practice program in supporting novice nurses was recognized in the theme 'Nurturing our

SUBMITTER: Skiller A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10100327 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature