A Qualitative Analysis of the Functions of Primary Care Nurses in COVID-19 Vaccination.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To describe vaccination roles of primary care nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.

Design

This analysis was part of a larger mixed-methods case study.

Methods

We conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews from May 2022 to January 2023 with primary care nurses across four provinces: British Columbia, Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nova Scotia. We asked participants to describe their roles during various stages of the pandemic, facilitators and challenges encountered and possible roles that nurses could have played. We used thematic analysis and analysed codes relevant to vaccination.

Results

We interviewed a total of 76 nurses and identified four key functions of primary care nurses' roles in COVID-19 vaccination: (1) education, (2)

SUBMITTER: Lyons R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11967291 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature