Oldenburger David, Baumann Andrea, Crea-Arsenio Mary, Deber Raisa, Baba Vishwanath
Global Health, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
School of Nursing, McMaster University, Canada.
Int Nurs Rev. 2025 Sep;72(3):e70083. doi: 10.1111/inr.70083.
The aim of the study is to explore the experience and perspectives of healthcare personnel deployed from the hospitals and military into long-term care (LTC) in Ontario during the pandemic.
Personnel from acute care hospitals, community care, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), and the Canadian Red Cross were deployed in support of LTC homes across Ontario.
This article reports on the study of personnel deployed into LTC during the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding the experiences and lessons learned will be useful to improve planning and responses to future pandemics and disasters.
A descriptive, exploratory research study design with a demographic questionnaire and semi-structured interviews was used. Data analysis used a combination of open and process coding to identify thematic categories. The COREQ checklist was used for reporting on the study.
Interviews were conducted with 30 participants who described common challenges of navigating the unknown, defining one's role, and establishing order. Lessons included the importance of adaptability, flexibility, and pragmatism and emphasized the role of leadership.
The findings highlight challenges that personnel from civilian and military backgrounds experience when responding to disaster, and underscore the importance of communication, effective leadership, and cohesive teams. These findings are consistent with existing literature, contribute to the understanding of how personnel in disasters address challenges, and inform how to better prepare and train personnel for future disasters.
These findings can be used to inform disaster theory and practice, including disaster competencies such as the International Council of Nurses Disaster Nursing Competencies, and provide a framework to improve disaster planning and responder training.
本研究旨在探讨在疫情期间从安大略省医院和军队调配至长期护理机构（LTC）的医护人员的经历和观点。
来自急症护理医院、社区护理机构、加拿大武装部队（CAF）和加拿大红十字会的人员被调配至安大略省各地的长期护理机构提供支持。
本文报告了关于在新冠疫情期间调配至长期护理机构的人员的研究。了解这些经历和经验教训将有助于改进对未来疫情和灾难的规划及应对措施。
采用描述性、探索性研究设计，使用人口统计学调查问卷和半结构化访谈。数据分析采用开放式编码和过程编码相结合的方式来确定主题类别。研究报告使用COREQ清单。
对30名参与者进行了访谈，他们描述了应对未知情况、明确自身角色和建立秩序等常见挑战。经验教训包括适应性、灵活性和务实精神的重要性，并强调了领导力的作用。
研究结果突出了来自民用和军事背景的人员在应对灾难时所面临的挑战，并强调了沟通、有效领导和团结协作团队的重要性。这些结果与现有文献一致，有助于理解灾难中的人员如何应对挑战，并为如何更好地为未来灾难准备和培训人员提供参考。
这些结果可用于为灾难理论和实践提供参考，包括诸如国际护士理事会灾难护理能力等灾难能力，并提供一个改进灾难规划和应急人员培训的框架。
