Impact of COVID-19 on nurses
Learning about the most pressing changes needed for the nursing workforce, drawing on nurses’ experiences through the pandemic
Between 2020 and 2022, researchers spoke to 50 nurses up to four times each. The aim was to capture their experiences of nursing working through the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on their psychological health. The results comprise a unique record of this extraordinary time and offer recommendations for future learning.
Project report
Maben J, Conolly A. Nursing through the most difficult of times. Nursing Times. 2023. In press.
Conolly A, Maben J, Abrams R, Harris R, Kelly D, Kent B, Couper K, Rowland E. ‘There was a pivotal moment’. The dynamics, transitions, adaptations and trajectories of nursing at the front-line in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. PLOS ONE. In press.
Maben J, Conolly A. Lessons for structure, workplace planning and responding to emergencies from nurses in the COVID-19 pandemic. In: Williams R, Kemp V, Porter K, Healing T, Drury J. (eds.) Pandemics, major incidents and mental health: the psychosocial and mental health aspects of health emergencies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; in press.
Conolly A, Rowland E, Abrams R, Harris R, Kelly D, Maben J. ‘Pretty cathartic actually’: Reflections on the attempt to reduce re-traumatization of researchers and nurses taking part in a longitudinal interview study. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2023. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jan.15764
Abrams R, Conolly A, Rowland E, Harris R, Kent B, Kelly D, Couper K, Maben J. Speaking up during the COVID-19 pandemic: nurses’ experiences of organizational disregard and silence. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2023;79(6): 2189–99. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jan.15526
Conolly A, Abrams R, Rowland E, Harris R, Couper K, Kelly D, Kent B, Maben J. 2022.“What is the matter with me?” or a “badge of honor”: nurses’ constructions of resilience during Covid-19. Global Qualitative Nursing Research. 2022;9: 23333936221094862. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9073120/
Maben J, Conolly A, Abrams R, Rowland E, Harris R, Kelly D, Kent B, Couper K, The impact of COVID-19 on nurses (ICON) survey research group (2022). ‘You can’t walk through water without getting wet’: UK nurses’ distress and psychological health needs during the Covid-19 pandemic: a longitudinal interview study. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 2022;131:104242. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020748922000712
Ball J, Anstee S, Couper K, Maben J, Blake H, Anderson JE, Kelly D, Harris R, Conolly A, full ICON study team. The impact of COVID-19 on nurses (ICON) survey: nurses’ accounts of what would have helped to improve their working lives. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2023;79(1):343–357. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36177495
Couper K, Murrells T, Sanders J, Anderson JE, Blake H, Kelly D, Kent B, Maben J, Rafferty AM, Taylor RM, Harris R. (2022). The impact of COVID-19 on the wellbeing of the UK nursing and midwifery workforce during the first pandemic wave: a longitudinal survey study. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 2022;127: 104155. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35093740
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