Clinical trial NCT05269277: Health System Methods to Improve Nursing Retention Amidst Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic: a Mixed Method Study
Official title: Health System Methods to Improve Nursing Retention Amidst Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic: a Mixed Method Study
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Conditions: Motivational Factors for Nurse Retention
Nurse Well-being
Lead sponsor: Poudre Valley Health System
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-03-07
Enrollment: 120
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Participants for the qualitative interviews will include current bedside nursing and clinical administrative staff at UCHealth - Medical Center of the Rockies on the Trauma/Surgical floor, the Surgical Progressive Care Unit, and the Surgical ICU. Other participants will also include prior nurses who have left their job on these respective units in the prior 24 months. Registered nurses, men and women, day-time and night-time nurses, full-time versus part-time nurses, and those with variable lengths of experience will be incorporated who have been or are currently involved with direct patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The quantitative survey will be distributed to all current nurses on the above listed units.

Brief summary: This study is a mixed-method exploratory study with the aim to determine an objective compensation or mechanism of support from a healthcare system standpoint to aid in retention of nursing staff amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It will include semi-structured qualitative interviews of current and prior nursing staff from the Trauma/Surgical floor, Progressive Care Unit, and ICU, in addition to Trauma/Surgical unit and system administrators; the second portion of the study will include a quantitative survey distributed via email to current nurses on the Trauma/Surgical floor, Progressive Care Unit, and ICU to assess ranked priority of additional mechanisms of support to improve intention of retention.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Registered nurses on the Trauma/Surgical floor, Surgical Progressive Care Unit, or Surgical ICU who are currently working or who have worked bedside in the past 24 months
* Adult hospital administrative staff

Exclusion Criteria:

* Non-Registered nurses (ie. CNAs, LPNs)
* RNs without clinical bedside experience in the past 24 months
* RNs working on other units beside the Trauma/Surgical floor, Surgical Progressive Care Unit, or Surgical ICU

Primary outcomes:
measure: Identify a common mechanism or implementation to improve intention of retention or nurses amongst the Trauma/Surgical units amidst COVID-19
timeFrame: 24 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Commonly-identified challenges nurses are facing on a Trauma/Surgical unit during COVID-19
timeFrame: 24 months
measure: Commonly-identified support mechanisms implemented by the healthcare system that have aided in intention of retention of nurses on a Trauma/Surgical unit during COVID-19
timeFrame: 24 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Loveland
country: United States
facility: UCHealth - Medical Center of the Rockies
state: Colorado
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Colorado Health
name: Claire Aksamit
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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