Social Responsibility and Commitment to Children; Pediatric Nurses' Experiences With Redeployment During the First Wave of COVID-19: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT: COVID-19 represented a challenge for health care worldwide and led to new tasks and a rethinking of resource use. It was necessary to establish capacity within hospitals and to reassign critical resources between hospitals. This study aimed to explore pediatric nurses' experiences of redeployment, new tasks, and use of specialized competencies during the first wave of COVID-19. An exploratory design, involving qualitative individual interviews with 12 pediatric nurses was used. The analysis resulted in 3 main themes. Firstly, a feeling of social responsibility focused on how pediatric nurses felt committed to use their competencies during the crisis, whether they remained on the pediatric ward or were redeployed. Secondly, fewer children to counterbalance the shortage of pediatri

SUBMITTER: Kyno NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10943705 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature