Confronting the Unknown: A Classic Grounded Theory of Registered Nurses and Assistant Nurses in Covid-19 Care
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During the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, symptoms, spread, and treatment were not fully known. Nurses felt poorly trained and unprepared. The study’s objective was to develop a classic grounded theory of registered nurses and assistant nurses in COVID-19 care by exploring their main concern and how they handle this concern. The method used was a Classic grounded theory. Eleven registered nurses and assistant nurses, and 13 articles from the two main Swedish quality newspapers describing the working situation for registered nurses and assistance nurses during the first year of COVID-19 were used. ‘How to adapt to a constantly changing reality’ emerged as the main concern in the situation of confronting the unknown. The theory involves two sub-core categories: Adjusting and Surrendering. There is no easy way of handling the situation. However, knowledge about how nurses use different strategies, use them in succession or shift back and forth over time, can increase awareness of how to address similar incidents in the future.
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