Intensive care unit nurses' redeployment experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study.

Background: The pandemic response required the large-scale redeployment of nurses to support the care of patients with COVID-19. Surveys of staff and analysis of staff feedback indicated that the frequent redeployment of intensive care unit (ICU) registered nurses (RNs) led to dissatisfaction and contributed to voluntary reductions in hours and increased intentions to resign. Whilst much is understood about the redeployment of non-ICU RNs into ICUs to support patient care during periods of high demand, less is known about ICU RNs' experiences of being redeployed to general wards.

Nurse job task analysis: a profile of medical and surgical nursing activities.

Objective We aim to examine the activities undertaken by medical and surgical ward nurses at a major health service in Victoria, Australia, to inform nursing and midwifery strategic workforce planning. Methods This descriptive, exploratory study was conducted on 17 wards from three acute care hospitals in one of Victoria's largest health services. The Work Observation Method by Activity Timing tool was used to enable participants to document the time spent in each of 10 nursing activity domains.

Nurses' just-in-time training for clinical deterioration: Development, implementation and evaluation.

Background: 'Just-in-time training' is an innovative approach to nursing education. It has demonstrated positive outcomes in other industries, such as manufacturing and aviation, but it has limited published application in the acute-care setting.

Objectives: We aimed to implement and evaluate a nursing 'just-in-time training' program for the recognition and response to patient deterioration.