Brackney Dana E, Lane Susan
Professor, Department of Nursing, Beaver College of Health Sciences, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, USA.
Br J Nurs. 2025 Jan 23;34(2):106-113. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2023.0197.
BACKGROUND/AIM: Addressing the critical global shortage of nurses requires an understanding of how a global pandemic reshaped nurses' motivations and intentions toward education. This study aimed to describe COVID-19's impact on nurses' intent to pursue additional education.
This descriptive study, based in North Carolina in the USA, used content analysis with an inductive approach to examine the responses of nurses to one open-ended question in a large quantitative workforce survey: how has COVID-19 influenced your plans for future education? Responses were coded with counts and organised into themes and subthemes.
Primary themes identified from the data included: stressors, appraisals and coping. There were 10 subthemes, which supported primary themes with direct quotes from nurses. The implications of the themes aligns with concepts from the self-determination theory: autonomy, competence and relatedness.
Nurse responses to the pandemic can guide organisations and academic institutions in supporting nurses in times of stress and design programmes that align with their goals. Nursing leaders and educators must support nurses' autonomy, competence and relatedness, addressing issues such as burnout, financial strain, work-life balance and evolving professional demands. Academic institutions should adopt flexible, resilience-focused curricula and invest in skilled nurse educators to support the growing need for advanced education and online learning.
背景/目的：应对全球护士严重短缺的问题，需要了解全球大流行如何重塑护士对教育的动机和意愿。本研究旨在描述新冠疫情对护士继续深造意愿的影响。
这项描述性研究位于美国北卡罗来纳州，采用归纳法进行内容分析，以研究护士对一项大型定量劳动力调查中一个开放式问题的回答：新冠疫情如何影响你未来的教育计划？回答按计数编码，并组织成主题和子主题。
从数据中确定的主要主题包括：压力源、评估和应对。有10个子主题，用护士的直接引语支持主要主题。这些主题的影响与自我决定理论的概念一致：自主性、能力和关联性。
护士对疫情的反应可以指导组织和学术机构在压力时期支持护士，并设计符合他们目标的项目。护理领导者和教育工作者必须支持护士的自主性、能力和关联性，解决诸如职业倦怠、经济压力、工作与生活平衡以及不断变化的专业需求等问题。学术机构应采用灵活的、注重恢复力的课程，并投资于有技能的护士教育工作者，以满足对高等教育和在线学习日益增长的需求。
