One-year follow-up of hospital nurses' work experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study.

Aim: To follow up on the experiences of Registered Nurses (RNs) working after 1 year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canadian and American hospitals.

Design: Semi-structured interviews were conducted, and transcripts were analysed through a reflexive thematic analysis (RTA).

Methods: RNs (n = 19) first interviewed in the spring of 2020 were re-interviewed 1 year after their original interviews (May 25, 2021-June 25, 2021).

"I Called us the Sacrificial Lambs": Experiences of Nurses Working in Border City Hospitals During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background: The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the personal and professional lives of frontline nurses.

Purpose: The purpose of this descriptive phenomenological study was to explore the experiences of Canadian Registered Nurses (RNs) working in Ontario or United States hospitals during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 36 RNs living in Ontario and employed either at an Ontario or United States hospital.