Nurses’experiences in providing antenatal care during COVID-19 lockdown in Ghana

Background:The coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic posed a major global health threat,leading to the disruption and strain of numerous health systems globally.The situation deprived essential routine healthcare services,including antenatal care,of the needed attention,significantly affecting facility workers.This study therefore aimed to explore the lived experiences and challenges faced by nurses providing antenatal care during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods:Data were collected through in-depth interviews with seven antenatal care nurses.The interviews were transcribed and analyzed using thematic analysis to identify recurring themes.Four main themes emerged:(1)Knowledge capital,which refers to the essential knowledge and skills required;(2)Interventions,highlighting the measures taken to adapt care;(3)Antenatal care challenges,detailing the specific obstacles faced;and(4)Coping strategies,outlining the methods used by nurses to manage stress and maintain care quality.Results:The results highlight the emotional and economic toll of the pandemic on antenatal care nurses and the importance of effective collaboration and coping strategies.The findings also underscore the crucial role of teamwork,dedication,quick adjustment,and the role of information communication technology in maneuvering through pandemics to provide continuous essential care.Conclusion:These insights are crucial for health agencies and organizations to develop supportive strategies that ensure the continuity of healthcare delivery and safeguard the well-being of healthcare workers during crises.

A qualitative study of nurses’experiences of self-care counseling in migrant patients with heart failure

Objectives:This study aims to enhance researchers’and nurses’understanding of how to best support migrant patients with heart failure in self-care management.Previous research on self-care in heart failure patients has highlighted its importance,particularly among migrant populations.Nurses play an important role in informing and engaging patients with chronic conditions like heart failure to support their active participation in self-care.However,nurses’experiences of providing self-care counseling to migrant populations with heart failure have not been studied.Methods:A qualitative study was conducted.Nurses working with migrant patients with HF(n?13)from different types of facility in Western Sweden were interviewed between October and December 2020.Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and analyzed using inductive thematic analysis.Results:The main theme that emerged from the interviews was the difficulty for nurses“to find balance”in self-care counseling.The nurses during self-care counseling had:“to accept challenges,”“to use creative strategies,”faced“problems related to health literacy,”and“to work according to their(the nurses’)obligations.”It was evident that nurses faced several challenges in counseling migrants in self-care,including language and cultural barriers,time resource constraints,low levels of health literacy,and experienced disharmony between the law and their professional norms.They perceived building caring relationships with their patients to be crucial to fostering health-promoting self-care processes.Conclusions:To increase self-care adherence,nurses must become more sensitive to cultural differences and adapt self-care counseling to patients’health literacy.The findings of this research support and challenge nurses in providing the best counsel to migrant patients with heart failure living in Sweden’s multi-ethnic society.Policymakers in the health care organization should act to facilitate mutual cultural understanding between all involved partners for patient-safe self-care counseling.

Nurses’ Role and Experiences as Group-Leaders in a Group Intervention for Women after Gynecological Cancer

Aim: The aim of this study is to provide insight into nurses’ role and their experiences of leading an education and counselling group intervention for women after gynecological cancer. Methods: A qualitative study, based on focus group interview and logs from nurses who led the intervention, was conducted. Findings: The group leaders were touched by the women’s community and were given a deeper understanding of lived experiences after cancer. These insights raised the group-leaders’ understanding of nursing and influenced them to sharpen focus on patient care and priorities in cancer care and follow-up. Being a group-leader meant creating a trusting and secure atmosphere in which the individual woman’s own coping resources was strengthened and empowered. Equally important, the nurses worked continuously and substantially on themselves to build strength and endurance related to situations that called for competent leadership. Conclusion: Being competent in group leadership and having knowledge in the field of cancer are important qualifications for group leaders. Practice Implications: The study shows that nurses gain valuable insight and knowledge about women’s lived experiences of going through gynecological cancer, cancer treatment and rehabilitation. As such, this intervention seems to be educational for nurses, as well as for participants.

Nurses’ Experiences in Service Provision a COVID-19 Dedicated Tertiary Public Hospital

Objectives: To assess the nurses’ experiences in service provision a COVID-19 dedicated tertiary public hospital. Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in one tertiary level public hospital namely Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), Dhaka, Bangladesh from January to December 2021. Data were collected through face-to-face interview using a structured questionnaire containing demographic details and experiences faced by the nurses in service provision during COVID-19. Data was analysed by using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) software version 23. Results: The findings revealed that the mean age of the respondents was 32.35 ± 7.248 years, the minimum age was 23 years and maximum age was 58 years. About half of the respondents 52.1% were in 21 - 30 years. The majorities 89% were female. More than half of the respondents 72.6% were Muslim and 63.83% of respondents have completed Diploma in nursing. About 32.2% respondents were living with senior citizen, 33% respondents were infected by COVID-19, 24.23% respondent mentioned nurse-Patient ratio in general ward was 1:7 and 71.08% mentioned nurse-patient ratio in I.C.U/C.C.U. was 1:3 (December 2021). PPE were available among 88.0% respondents and N95 mask were available among 84.0% respondent. About 34.8% respondents got COVID-19 guideline training and 32.4% got donning and doffing training. More than half of the respondents 76% stated that equipment is adequate, 56.38% respondents mention that insufficient of nurses and 53.7% were mentioned insufficient of subordinate staff. About 22.6% respondents faced social stigma and majorities 96.5% respondents mentioned they got proper family support. There was a significant association found between Professional educational qualification and satisfaction of current designation (p value = 0.001 Conclusion: The most important findings of this study was lack of training, insufficient of manpower especially nurses and subordinate staff, high nurse-patient ratio and fear about personal and family safety. The findings of the study will be helpful for the authority in planning for future course of action.

Problems-Based Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences by Nursing Students

Introduction: Problems-based learning (PBL) methodology seeks challenges in the daily life context, where students protagonise their own learning using new technologies as the ideal means to find updated and adequate information, for its processing and dissemination towards a better active and participative role. The aim was to analyze the usefulness and importance of PBL, as a strategy of significant learning in daily experiences of nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: The study was qualitative and phenomenological, with 15 informant students of the Module “Attention to addictions in the health area” aged 20 - 25 years, enrolled in the sixth semester of nursing from a public university. Data were collected through oral testimonies, texts, and semi-structured interviews of relevant aspects to them in their everyday life facing the COVID-19 pandemic, telling their experiences. Students signed an informed consent, and the qualitative analysis followed De Souza Minayo. Results: Four categories emerged: Category 1. Students’ experiences along pandemic;1.1, Positive experiences;1.2, Negative experiences. Category 2. Students’ knowledge and abilities for self-care along pandemic. Category 3. Abilities to promote problem solving. Category 4. Impact and usefulness of PBL in students’ experiences for health education;4.1, Positive impact of PBL;4.2 Negative impact of PBL. Conclusion: PBL is very useful for significant learning. It opens knowledge, developing skills to face, support, debate, evaluate and make decisions;it does incorporate critical thinking and problem solving. PBL does encourage collaborative work.

Combating COVID-19: Nigerian Nurses’ Perspectives and Challenges Executive Summary

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is one of the worst deadly infections that is currently causing devastating effects and damages to humanity across the world. The global pandemic which outbroke in Wuhan in China has equally affected almost every country in the world. Over the past several months of the coronavirus crisis, cities went into lockdown, countries issued stay-at-home orders, and an increasing number of people had been practicing social distancing on a societal scale that has never been witnessed. However, nurses continue to provide care, comfort, and information to patients at all levels while risking their personal safety and well-being. This executive report provides an insight in Nigerian nurses’ perspectives and challenges in combating COVID-19 during the surge. Capturing nursing practice and nurses’ experiences during COVID-19 surge provide real-time guidance to mitigating challenges and improving well-being of nurses.

Nursing Experience of an Elderly Patient with Systemic Disseminated <i>Penicillium marneffei</i>

Elderly patients with systemic disseminated Penicillium marneffei are generally more seriously ill with high mortality. In addition to clear diagnosis and timely treatment, careful nursing throughout the hospitalization is particularly important for the patient’s recovery. Psychological nursing and family emotional support, the treatment of adverse drug reactions, systemic infection wound care, the prevention of pressure sores in long-term bedridden patients, antithrombotic nursing, disinfection isolation and the standard prevention of nosocomial cross infection all play decisive roles in the patient’s prognosis. After one month treatment and medical care, the patient was cured and was discharged from hospital. After discharge, the patient follow-up was carried out up to one year. This patient had completely recovered. In this paper, we report a successful nursing experience of an elderly patient with systemic disseminated Penicillium marneffei. With the summary of nursing key points, it could play a reference in the treatment and rehabilitation of similar patients.

Management of coronary artery perforation by embolization:nursing experience from 3 cases

INTRODUCTION With the development of economy and improvement of life quality,the incidences of hypertension,hyper-cholesterolemia,diabetes,obesity and smoking have been increased in China,which has led to a significant increase in the morbidity and mortality of coronary artery disease（CAD）~1.Since it was introduced into China in 1984,coronary intervention（PCI）has developed rapidly and has become the major treatment of CAD because of its unique characteristics of minimal invasive and effective outcome.

Nursing experience for postoperative complications of transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Aortic stenosis is one of the major causes of death in cardiovascular diseases, and transcatheter aortic valve implantation （TAVI） is a milestone in the field of cardiovascular intervention. Since the first implementation in October 2010, this technology has been gradually applied in China＇-3 and accumulated certain experience.