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- Title
Pandemic Footprints of Nursing Professionals: Processing Early Experiences.
- Authors
Groller, Karen D.; Adamshick, Pamela Z.; Hoffman, Lorraine M.
- Abstract
Purpose : This study interpreted journaled experiences of registered nurses (RNs) who were working at the bedside early in the pandemic as they were simultaneously enrolled in a baccalaureate (RN-BSN) completion program. Design: This qualitative interpretive descriptive study used purposive sampling. Methods: Eighteen students participated in the journal assignment. Fifteen students consented to participate in journal analyses. Journals were de-identified and a code book was used to document the entirety of journal reflections to identify meaningful text, and, ultimately, assert thematic codes. Thorne's interpretive description guided analysis. Researchers coded four journals together to obtain trustworthiness and rigor. Each doctorally prepared researcher independently coded a subset of the remaining journals. Emerging significant statements and subthemes were discussed and verified as a team. Results : Researchers identified the essence of pandemic footprints as the following themes emerged: Physical Threats to Safety, Emotional Threats to Safety, Workplace Culture, Healing Energies, and Professional Identity. Conclusions : Compared to previously published research conducted at later points of the pandemic this study is unique. Study data captured nurses' expressed voices through journaling at the brink (March 2020) of what became a global reality. Results illuminated dichotomies that existed then, particularly in response to their own and others' safety and security, leaving profound imprints on their identities extending beyond care environments.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGY of college students; NURSES; QUALITATIVE research; WORK experience (Employment); JUDGMENT sampling; HOLISTIC nursing; PROFESSIONAL identity; NURSING; THEMATIC analysis; RESEARCH methodology; BACCALAUREATE nursing education; COVID-19 pandemic; NURSING students
- Publication
Journal of Holistic Nursing, 2024, Vol 42, Issue 2, p168
- ISSN
0898-0101
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/08980101231198714