Aim: To describe positive and negative spiritual responses to providing COVID-related nursing care among nurses working in hospitals.
Background: The COVID pandemic has intensified and publicised the threats to nurse well-being. Absent from the recommendations for promoting nurse well-being is recognition of how nurses' spirituality and/or religiosity is affected by the strain of COVID caring or how it may be affecting their well-being.
The COVID-19 pandemic abruptly disrupted nursing education, forcing schools of nursing to move from in-person to online classes while clinical sites suspended rotations. These changes jeopardized graduate nursing degree completion for Registered Nurses (RNs) at a time when they were urgently needed to practice. The aim of this initiative was to develop proficiency of Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) leadership competencies in the absence of in-person clinical experiences and ensure timely program completion.
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