Study Findings on COVID-19 Are Outlined in Reports from Boston College (Roles and Experiences of Registered Nurses On Labor and Delivery Units In the United States During the Covid-19 Pandemic): Coronavirus – COVID-19

2021 DEC 10 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at NewsRx COVID-19 Daily -- Researchers detail new data in Coronavirus - COVID-19. According to news reporting out of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “To examine the roles and experiences of labor and delivery (LD) nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cross-sectional survey. Online distribution between the beginning of July and end of August 2020.”

Financial support for this research came from Controlled Risk Insurance Company/Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Boston College, “LD nurses (N = 757) responded to an open-ended question about changes to their roles during the COVID-19 pandemic as part of a larger national survey. We calculated descriptive statistics on respondents’ characteristics and their hospitals’ characteristics. We applied conventional content analysis to free-text comments. We derived four major categories from the responses: Changes in Roles and Responsibilities, Adaptations to Changes, Psychological Changes, and Perceived Effects on Labor Support. Nearly half (n = 328) of respondents reported changes in their roles and responsibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. They described adaptations and responses to these changes and perceived effects on patient care. Infection control policies and practices as well as the stress of a rapidly changing work environment affected the provision of labor support and personal well-being. The experiences described by respondents conveyed considerable changes in their roles and subsequent direct and indirect effects on quality of patient care and personal well-being. Policies and practices that can facilitate the ability of LD nurses to safely and securely remain at the bedside and provide high-touch, hands-on labor support are needed.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “The findings of our study can help facilitate the provision of labor support during times of disruption and foster the resiliency of the nursing workforce.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Roles and Experiences of Registered Nurses On Labor and Delivery Units In the United States During the Covid-19 Pandemic. Journal of Obstetric Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 2021;50(6):742-752. Journal of Obstetric Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing can be contacted at: Elsevier Science Inc, Ste 800, 230 Park Ave, New York, NY 10169, USA.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Erin K. George, Boston College, Wf Connell Sch Nursing, Maloney Hall, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, United States. Additional authors for this research include Joyce K. Edmonds and Amber Weiseth.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogn.2021.08.096. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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