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The Impact of COVID-19 on Nursing Motivation and Skills Development: A Qualitative Study

Study Design: This is a qualitative study based on the fact that the research is shedding light on the social experience of nurses employed at COVID Centers. Interviewing is a good technique of data gathering as it yields high-quality data, especially when it comes to aspects such as the motivation, skills enhancement, and feelings of an individual (Singh et al., 2021). The study uses inductive content analysis since the goal is to derive themes that are implicit and involved in participants’ narratives, and therefore the study as a whole is phenomenological in nature since it aims at capturing the very nature of the participants’ experiences (De Benedictis et al., 2022). 

Critical Appraisal: Based on the application of the CASP Qualitative Checklist, this study is well done in terms of the methodology that has been used. The objectives of the study were properly defined and included the overall effects on nursing practice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It made more sense to use focus groups as data collection methods and purposive sampling aimed at identifying participants of interest. An aspect of ethical consideration that was well observed was obtaining consent and keeping the client’s identity secret. Reasoning was methodical with the conduct of open coding and categorization done via themes that provided a clear focus. The results are described in detail and provide useful information about the issues and concerns of the nurses during the period of a worldwide health crisis. The current study is therefore useful in shedding light on nursing practice, especially in regards to how best the staff can prepare for an emergency (De Benedictis et al., 2022).

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De Benedictis, A., Gualandi, R., Saccoccia, S., Pensieri, C., Piredda, M., De Micco, F., ... & Alloni, R. (2022). Back to the roots of nursing: Qualitative study on the experience of nurses in the front line during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Medicine, 9, 903517. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.903517

Singh, C., Jackson, D., Munro, I., & Cross, W. (2021). Work experiences of nurse academics: A qualitative study.  Nurse Education Today,  106, 105038. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0260691721002951