Nurse managers' challenges and opportunities in the COVID-19 pandemic crisis: A qualitative descriptive study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The study was conducted to understand the experiences of nurse managers with regard to the difficulties and opportunities they encountered during the pandemic.

Background

Although many studies have been carried out to understand how nurses were affected in the COVID-19 pandemic, there are few studies that treat the experiences of nurse managers.

Methods

In this qualitative descriptive study with 19 nurse managers working in pandemic management at a university hospital in Turkey during the first three waves of the pandemic, data were collected between April and July 2021 using the semi-structured interview method. Content analysis was performed to analyse the data.

Results

Six themes were identified with respect to the experiences of nurse managers during th

SUBMITTER: Ozmen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9874453 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature