School of Nursing, Udine University, Udine, Italy.
Udine University Hospital, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale, Udine, Italy.
J Nurs Manag. 2021 Jul;29(5):1149-1158. doi: 10.1111/jonm.13253. Epub 2021 Jan 31.
To describe the experiences of Italian nurses who have been urgently and compulsorily allocated to a newly established COVID-19 sub-intensive care unit.
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, no studies have documented the experience of nurses urgently reallocated to a newly created unit.
A qualitative descriptive study. Twenty-four nurses working in a sub-intensive care unit created for COVID-19 patients participated in four focus groups. Audio-recorded interviews were verbatim-transcribed; then, a thematic analysis was performed.
The experience of nurses was summarized along three lines: (a) 'becoming a frontline nurse', (b) 'living a double-faced professional experience' and (c) 'advancing in nursing practice'.
Nurses who experienced being mandatorily recruited and urgently reallocated to a COVID-19 unit lived through a mix of negative feelings in the early stages, a double-faced situation during the episode and, at the end, the perception of global growth as a person, as a team and as a professional.
Nurse managers could play a key role in identifying and preparing nurses in advance to mitigate their concerns and their sense of unpreparedness. The value attributed to nursing care should be promoted both during and after the current COVID-19 pandemic.
描述意大利护士在紧急和强制分配到新设立的 COVID-19 亚重症监护病房后的体验。
在 COVID-19 大流行背景下，尚无研究记录紧急重新分配到新创建单元的护士的经验。
定性描述性研究。参与 COVID-19 患者亚重症监护病房创建的 24 名护士参加了 4 个焦点小组。对录音采访进行逐字转录；然后进行主题分析。
护士的经验可概括为以下三个方面：(a)“成为一线护士”，(b)“体验双重职业经历”和(c)“在护理实践中取得进步”。
经历过被强制招聘并紧急分配到 COVID-19 病房的护士，在早期经历了各种负面感受，在事件期间经历了双重局面，最后，作为个人、团队和专业人员，他们整体上感受到了成长。
护士管理者可以在识别和提前准备护士方面发挥关键作用，以减轻他们的担忧和准备不足的感觉。在当前 COVID-19 大流行期间和之后，都应重视护理服务的价值。
