Nursing perspectives on care delivery during the early stages of the covid-19 pandemic: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research examining RNs' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic is lacking, thus inhibiting efforts to optimize nursing care delivery and patient outcomes during the current pandemic and future public health emergencies.

Objective

To explore the experience of being a registered nurse caring for patients with COVID-19 at an urban academic medical center during the early stages of the pandemic.

Design

Qualitative descriptive study, guided by Donabedian's Quality Framework for Evaluation of Healthcare Delivery which focuses on structures, processes, and outcomes of care delivery.

Setting

Urban academic medical center in the northeast United States.

Participants

Registered nurses cared for or caring for patients with COVID-19, age ≥18 years old,

SUBMITTER: Schroeder K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7446648 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature