Nurse practitioner led implementation of huddles for staff in long term care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Staff working in long-term care (LTC) homes during COVID-19 frequently reported a lack of communication, collaboration, and teamwork, all of which are associated with staff dissatisfaction, health concerns, lack of support and moral distress. Our study introduced regular huddles to support LTC staff during COVID-19, led by a Nurse Practitioner (NP). The objectives were to evaluate the process of huddle implementation and to examine differences in outcomes between categories of staff (direct care staff, allied care and support staff, and management) who attended huddles and those who did not.

Methods

All staff and management at one LTC home (< 150 beds) in Ontario, Canada were included in this pre-experimental design study. The process evaluation used a huddle obse

SUBMITTER: McGilton KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10623826 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature