Wynter Karen, Holton Sara, Considine Julie, Hutchinson Alison M, Munt Rebecca, Williams Ruth, Balson Jessica, Dibella Valerie, McDonald Elisa, Trueman Melody, Crowe Shane, Schutte Sandy, Rasmussen Bodil
The Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research in the Institute for Health Transformation, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Deakin University, 1 Gheringhap St, Geelong VIC 3220, Australia.
The Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research - Western Health Partnership, 176 Furlong Road, St Albans VIC 3021, Australia.
Collegian. 2022 Jun;29(3):271-280. doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2021.10.007. Epub 2021 Oct 30.
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted health services and their staff, including nursing and midwifery educators. Nursing and midwifery educators were tasked with meeting nurses' and midwives' rapidly-changing educational requirements, and supporting the nursing and midwifery workforce through the pandemic. Thus, nursing and midwifery educators were pivotal to the pandemic response.
To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on nursing and midwifery educators across four large, multisite Australian health services.
Qualitative descriptive study. All nursing and midwifery educators from public health services in Melbourne, Victoria (n = 3) and Adelaide, South Australia (n=1) were invited to participate in a semistructured interview (July - November 2020). Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data were analysed thematically.
Forty-six nursing and midwifery educators participated in interviews. Across the health services, two similar themes and six sub-themes were identified. In the first theme, "Occupational impacts of COVID-19," participants described adjusting to providing education during the pandemic, managing increased workloads, concerns about not being able to carry out their usual education activities and the importance of support at work. The second theme, "Psychological impacts of COVID-19," included two sub-themes: the negative impact on participants' own mental health and difficulties supporting the mental health of other staff members. Participants from all health services identified unexpected positive impacts; online education, virtual meetings and working at home were perceived as practices to be continued postpandemic.
Hospital-based nursing and midwifery educators demonstrated agility in adjusting to the fast-changing requirements of providing education during the pandemic. Educators would benefit from continued occupational and psychosocial support during the COVID-19 pandemic, and inclusion in discussions to inform hospitals' preparedness for managing the education of nurses and midwives during future pandemics.
新冠疫情严重扰乱了卫生服务及其工作人员，包括护理和助产教育工作者。护理和助产教育工作者的任务是满足护士和助产士迅速变化的教育需求，并在疫情期间支持护理和助产人员队伍。因此，护理和助产教育工作者对于疫情应对至关重要。
评估新冠疫情对澳大利亚四个大型多地点卫生服务机构中护理和助产教育工作者的影响。
定性描述性研究。邀请了来自维多利亚州墨尔本（n = 3）和南澳大利亚州阿德莱德（n = 1）公共卫生服务机构的所有护理和助产教育工作者参加半结构化访谈（2020年7月至11月）。访谈进行了录音并逐字转录。对数据进行了主题分析。
46名护理和助产教育工作者参与了访谈。在各个卫生服务机构中，确定了两个相似的主题和六个子主题。在第一个主题“新冠疫情的职业影响”中，参与者描述了在疫情期间如何调整以提供教育、应对工作量增加、对无法开展常规教育活动的担忧以及工作中支持的重要性。第二个主题“新冠疫情的心理影响”包括两个子主题：对参与者自身心理健康的负面影响以及在支持其他工作人员心理健康方面的困难。所有卫生服务机构的参与者都指出了意外的积极影响；在线教育、虚拟会议和在家工作被视为疫情后可继续采用的做法。
医院的护理和助产教育工作者在适应疫情期间提供教育的快速变化要求方面表现出灵活性。在新冠疫情期间，教育工作者将受益于持续的职业和心理社会支持，并应纳入相关讨论，以为医院在未来疫情期间管理护士和助产士教育的准备工作提供参考。
