A Quality Improvement Project for Reducing Work-Related Stress of Nurses in Converting an Oncology Ward Into a Designated COVID-19 Ward During the COVID-19 Pandemic
BACKGROUND & PROBLEMS: The community spread of SARS-CoV-2 occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2021 in Taiwan. Due to the large number of COVID-19 patients, demand for healthcare capacity had also increased. In response to the massive influx of patients with COVID-19 in our hospital, a designated COVID-19 ward was established. In addition, the oncology ward was also quickly transformed into a designated COVID-19 ward that shared staff and work schedules with the originally designed COVID-19 ward during the pandemic period. The process of setting up the ward, training personnel, and providing independent care to COVID-19 patients and the period of professional cooperation with medical staff from the infectious disease ward caused great burden and pressure on nurses.
PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to reduce the work-related stress index from 20.2 to 15.
RESOLUTION: Cross-training and in-service courses were implemented to assist the oncology nurses to learn nursing care for patients with COVID-19. Five solutions were discussed and implemented in a timely manner. The interventions included the unifying the logistical flows between wards, optimizing ward environments, providing education and training on COVID-19, launching a new communication platform to facilitate discussions and gather various opinions, and implementing flexible scheduling.
RESULTS: The stress index score declined from 20.2 to 8.2 on the stress and anxiety to viral epidemics-9 scale.
CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study may be referenced to assist nurses and nursing managers when making preparations to transform oncology wards into designed COVID-19 wards.
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2022 |
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2022 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:69 |
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Hu li za zhi The journal of nursing - 69(2022), 6 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 75-83 |
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Chinesisch |
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| Beteiligte Personen: |
Wang, Huei-Shiuan [VerfasserIn] |
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COVID-19 |
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Date Completed 05.12.2022 Date Revised 05.12.2022 published: Print Citation Status MEDLINE |
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10.6224/JN.202212_69(6).10 |
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| 520 | |a BACKGROUND & PROBLEMS: The community spread of SARS-CoV-2 occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2021 in Taiwan. Due to the large number of COVID-19 patients, demand for healthcare capacity had also increased. In response to the massive influx of patients with COVID-19 in our hospital, a designated COVID-19 ward was established. In addition, the oncology ward was also quickly transformed into a designated COVID-19 ward that shared staff and work schedules with the originally designed COVID-19 ward during the pandemic period. The process of setting up the ward, training personnel, and providing independent care to COVID-19 patients and the period of professional cooperation with medical staff from the infectious disease ward caused great burden and pressure on nurses | ||
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