Post-traumatic growth experiences of emergency and critical care nurses after the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative meta-synthesis

作者：Shuyang Liu, Huifeng Chen, Dele Xu, Yue Liu, Peng Han, Jinxia Jiang, Yugang Zhuang · 发表于：Heliyon · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e32796 · 被引用次数：9 · 研究领域：COVID-19 and Mental Health、Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research、Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout

Objective: The previous coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) epidemic inflicted significant psychological trauma on emergency and critical care nurses due to various factors, potentially leading to job burnout. Despite the rise of positive psychology, little is known about the post-traumatic growth experience of these nurses after the pandemic. The aim of this study was to assess the experience of post-traumatic growth among emergency and critical care nurses, in order to provide managerial insights for developing effective strategies and facilitating the transformation of nurses' negative emotions into positive ones. Design: A qualitative review. Data sources: PubMed, EBSCO, Medline, Elsvier, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, Web of Science, Embase, and Ovid and Chinese databases include the following: Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang Database (CECDB), VIP Database and China Biomedical Database (CBM). Review methods: All articles about emergency and critical care nurses' post-traumatic growth after the COVID-19 pandemic were included after searching and screening 13 databases. The meta-synthesis method was used to integrate and evaluate the included literature in qualitative research. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) was used as a basis for reporting the review. The literature was selected and evaluated by two researchers, and then meta-integration was used for analysis. Results: From a total of 11 articles, 90 ma...