COVID-19 Hospital Wards

Risks & contraindications

Comparisons

Where it comes from

Highlighted claims

• The setting was general hospital wards in two Swedish healthcare regions. — Struggling to cope in an unknown realm: a qualitative study of moral resilience in frontline healthcare professionals in Swedish hospital wards during a pandemic crisis
• Intensive care units were excluded because higher-level care conditions differed from general wards. — Struggling to cope in an unknown realm: a qualitative study of moral resilience in frontline healthcare professionals in Swedish hospital wards during a pandemic crisis
• The pandemic ward context was experienced as chaotic, unfamiliar, and rapidly changing. — Struggling to cope in an unknown realm: a qualitative study of moral resilience in frontline healthcare professionals in Swedish hospital wards during a pandemic crisis
• General wards faced ethical problems including suffering, safety, autonomy, dignity, prioritisation, and gaps in medical guidance. — Struggling to cope in an unknown realm: a qualitative study of moral resilience in frontline healthcare professionals in Swedish hospital wards during a pandemic crisis
• Visitation restrictions caused isolation and left some patients to die alone. — Struggling to cope in an unknown realm: a qualitative study of moral resilience in frontline healthcare professionals in Swedish hospital wards during a pandemic crisis
• The challenges resembled those reported across healthcare settings during COVID-19, suggesting relevance beyond general wards. — Struggling to cope in an unknown realm: a qualitative study of moral resilience in frontline healthcare professionals in Swedish hospital wards during a pandemic crisis