'Striving to achieve control'. Registered nurses' experiences of palliative care quality during the COVID-19 pandemic - a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Providing quality palliative care during a pandemic was challenging. Both specialist and community healthcare services cared for patients that faced life-threatening illness and who were influenced by the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Little knowledge has yet been provided on how registered nurses (RNs) experienced the palliative care quality during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to explore RN's experiences of providing palliative care quality during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

This qualitative study had a descriptive design. Semi-structured individual interviews were conducted between November 2021 and January 2022 with 18 RNs who worked in intensive care units in hospitals, dementia care or palliative care units in nursing homes in

SUBMITTER: Sandsdalen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11756187 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature