It’s just not that easy! Challenges faced by nurses and midwives in the work environment in adhering to social distancing during COVID-19

IF 1.2 4区医学 Q3 NURSING Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing Pub Date : 2022-02-28 DOI:10.37464/2020.391.376

Cassandra Hobbs, L. Moxham, H. Green, Elham Almasi, R. Middleton, E. Halcomb, R. Fernandez

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Aim: The aim of this study was to understand the challenges that nurses and midwives face when seeking to practice social distancing within the various clinical settings in a hospital work environment during COVID-19. Background: COVID-19 has had a significant impact on nurses and midwives internationally. With the ease of transmission of COVID-19 and the limitations in pharmaceutical interventions, other measures had to be implemented across communities and in healthcare settings. These public health measures were enacted in various ways throughout the world. A key measure employed globally was social distancing. Australia was no different, initiating community wide interventions to apply social distancing principles and action, in an effort to reduce transmission. Whilst at their places of work, nurses and midwives were also encouraged to practice social distancing. Design and methods: Using convenience sampling, 579 nurses and midwives employed within one local health district in NSW, Australia completed an online questionnaire during the COVID-19 pandemic. Subsequently, a thematic analysis was undertaken as a way of categorising data from the 216 (37%) qualitative responses with regards to social distancing. This study adhered to The Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research (SRQR) guidelines. Results: Overwhelmingly, responses indicated that participants found it challenging to practice social distancing in their workplaces across various clinical settings within the hospital. The two major themes identified were: 1) challenges relating to social distancing with patients and 2) challenges related to social distancing with colleagues. Several sub themes were also identified. Conclusion: The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a number of challenges for healthcare professionals, social distancing being a key challenge. Social distancing is argued to be almost impossible in various clinical settings within a hospital where patient contact and provision of care in a team environment occurs. © 2022 Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation. All rights reserved.

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这可没那么容易!COVID-19期间护士和助产士在工作环境中坚持保持社交距离所面临的挑战

目的：本研究的目的是了解新冠肺炎期间护士和助产士在医院工作环境中的各种临床环境中寻求保持社交距离时面临的挑战。背景：新冠肺炎对国际护士和助产士产生了重大影响。由于新冠肺炎易于传播，药物干预受到限制，必须在社区和医疗环境中实施其他措施。这些公共卫生措施在世界各地以各种方式颁布。全球采用的一项关键措施是保持社交距离。澳大利亚也不例外，它启动了社区范围的干预措施，以应用社交距离原则和行动，努力减少传播。在工作场所，护士和助产士也被鼓励保持社交距离。设计和方法：在新冠肺炎大流行期间，澳大利亚新南威尔士州一个地方卫生区的579名护士和助产士通过便利抽样完成了在线问卷调查。随后，进行了主题分析，对216份（37%）关于社交距离的定性回复中的数据进行了分类。本研究遵循了定性研究报告标准（SRQR）指南。结果：绝大多数人的回答表明，参与者发现在医院的各种临床环境中，在工作场所保持社交距离很有挑战性。确定的两个主要主题是：1）与患者保持社交距离有关的挑战；2）与同事保持社交距离相关的挑战。还确定了几个分主题。结论：新冠肺炎大流行凸显了医疗保健专业人员面临的许多挑战，保持社交距离是一个关键挑战。有人认为，在医院的各种临床环境中，保持社交距离几乎是不可能的，在这种环境中，患者会在团队环境中接触和提供护理。©2022澳大利亚护理和助产联合会。保留所有权利。

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Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing 医学-护理

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2.30

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing publishes a wide variety of original research, review articles, practice guidelines, and commentary relevant to nursing and midwifery practice, health- maternity- and aged- care delivery, public health, healthcare policy and funding, nursing and midwifery education, regulation, management, economics, ethics, and research methodology. Further, the journal publishes personal narratives that convey the art and spirit of nursing and midwifery. As the official peer-reviewed journal of the ANMF, AJAN is dedicated to publishing and showcasing scholarly material of principal relevance to national nursing and midwifery professional, clinical, research, education, management, and policy audiences. Beyond AJAN’s primarily national focus, manuscripts with regional and international scope are also welcome where their contribution to knowledge and debate on key issues for nursing, midwifery, and healthcare more broadly are significant.