Critical care nurses’ experiences of working during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic – Applying the Person-centred Practice Framework

AIM: The aim of the study was to deductively study person-centred care, based on critical care nurses’ experiences during the first phase of the CoViD-19 pandemic. DESIGN: The study used a qualitative design. METHOD: Data collection was conducted as individual interviews and was analysed with qualitative content analysis with a deductive approach. PARTICIPANTS: Six critical care nurses working in a special CoViD-19 intensive care unit during the first phase of the pandemic participated. FINDINGS: The findings are presented within the four domains of person-centred practice: the prerequisites, the care environment, person-centred processes and person-centred outcomes. While the ambition and knowledge about how to work in accordance with person-centred practice were high, there were several obstacles to perform it. CONCLUSION: We need to prepare ahead of time so that nurses have optimal organisational prerequisites to be able to work in accordance with person-centred practice, also during pandemics and other crisis, which means to be able to give nursing care in accordance with the ill person’s needs and resources.