Lessons learned and recommendations from the COVID-19 pandemic: Content analysis of semi-structured interviews with intensive care unit nurse managers in the United Arab Emirates.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study aims to explore how nursing services were managed and provided in intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic and clarify the management lessons learned.

Background

The surge in the number of patients with COVID-19 worldwide and the unpredictability of new variants mean the voices of nurse managers who participated in fighting the pandemic in intensive care units must be considered. Health care systems need specific plans to face similar future crises.

Method

This is a descriptive, qualitative, narrative study using indirect content analysis.

Results

We analysed 37 intensive care unit nurse managers' reflections on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. Four themes were extracted: restructuring organisations' resources, issues with fam

SUBMITTER: Ahmed FR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9348092 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature