Objective: To investigate the experiences of healthcare staff in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Design: Individual interviews. Latent qualitative content analysis.
Setting: Ten nursing homes in Sweden.
Subjects: Physicians, nurses and nurse assistants working in Swedish nursing homes.
Main Outcome Measures: Participants' experiences of working in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Results: Four manifest categories were found, namely: ; ; and . The latent theme gave a deeper meaning to the categories.
Conclusion: During the pandemic, nursing home staff encountered ethical challenges that caused moral distress. Moral distress stemmed from not being given adequate conditions to perform their work properly, and thus not being able to give the residents adequate care. Another aspect of moral distress originated from feeling forced to act against their moral values when a course of action was considered to cause discomfort or harm to a resident. Alerting employers and policymakers to the harm and inequality experienced by staff and the difficulty in delivering appropriate care is essential. Making proposals for improvements and developing guidelines together with staff to recognize their role and to develop better guidance for good care is vital in order to support and sustain the nursing home workforce.
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