| dc.description.abstract | Nurses are health service provider playing pivotal role and serving at the forefront of
tackling COVID-19. As such, their health and safety are pivotal. Therefore, a policy is
needed in arranging their work system in response to COVID-19 pandemic. The work
arrangement denotes an effort to prevent human-to-human infection transmission of
COVID-19. However, the nursing work system adjustment model is not yet known. The
aim of the study is to explore a model for adjusting the work system of nurses in health
care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic, from the perspective of nurse managers.
This study applied descriptive qualitative method. It involved 9 (nine) managers who
were recruited from 2 (two) public hospitals which became the national designated for
handling COVID-19. These subjects were chosen using purposive sampling technique.
Data collection employed semi-structured interviews through virtually telephone and conference.
Resultant data were analyzed using content analysis. The study has unraveled
five main categories related to the arrangement of the nursing work system during the
pandemic, including the management of nurse personnel, adjustment of nursing work
rules, adjustment of nursing work patterns, adjustment of nursing work procedures, and
flexibility of nursing work. Through the work system regulation, hospital managers have
implemented the principle of maintaining health, safety and security of nurses while working
in health care facilities. The adjustment of nursing work system aims to reduce the negative
impact of the health crisis and reduce anxiety for nurses. This is mainly because the level of anxiety associated with COVID-19 may pose adverse effects on nurses' wellbeing | en_US |
