An Integrative Review of Team Nursing and Delegation: Implications for Nurse Staffing during COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the COVID-19 pandemic, providing care for critically ill patients has been challenging due to the limited number of skilled nurses, rapid transmission of the virus, and increased patient acuity in relation to the virus. These factors have led to the implementation of team nursing as a model of nursing care out of necessity for resource allocation. Nurses can use prior evidence to inform the model of nursing care and reimagine patient care responsibilities during a crisis.

Purpose

To review the evidence for team nursing as a model of patient care and delegation and determine how it affects patient, nurse, and organizational outcomes.

Methods

We conducted an integrative review of team nursing and delegation using Whittemore and Knafl's (2005) methodolo

SUBMITTER: Beckett CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8450812 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature